Michelangelo’s tiny drawing of a man’s foot fetches toe-curling $27M at auction: ‘Best foot forward’

The drawing — which raked in a mind-bending $5.4 million per toe, if you’re counting — sold to an unidentified buyer for ...
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Italy or Switzerland for Valentine’s Day 2026? Costs, visas and vibe

Discover how Italy and Switzerland compare for Valentine’s Day 2026 in romance, cost, vibe and visa ease, so you can pick the ...

Making Italy's art accessible to people with disabilities

Students confront St. Louis' slavery legacy as plaque is set to go up near Busch Stadium Steve Bell & Maryann Reese LoPiccolo ...

2026 Winter Olympics bring global spotlight to Verona, Italy's City of Love

As Italy hosts the 2026 Winter Olympics, Verona is drawing attention for its Olympic closing ceremony and its famous ties to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
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How Italy is reinventing art for blind and visually impaired visitors

How Italy is reinventing art for blind and visually impaired visitors - Italy is making its artistic treasures more ...

Italy gets creative as it works to make art accessible for blind people

Michela Marcato, 54, has been blind since birth. She and her partially sighted partner were touring the site amid a new ...

How hieroglyphs became the sacred script of the ancient Egyptians

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.

2,000-year-old mummy portrait looks way ahead of its time

The remarkable Roman Egypt-era work represents some the earliest realistic portrait paintings still in existence today.