Located in the Occitanie region of southern France, Nîmes was often referred to as the “French Rome” due to its prosperous ...

For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is ...

Druze gunmen next to a checkpoint a day after clashes in the area between members of the minority sect and pro-government ...

Night - Cloudy with a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 7 mph (11.3 kph). The overnight low will be 59 °F (15 °C). Mostly cloudy with a high of 71 °F (21.7 °C) and a 51% chance of ...

A recent analysis of classical medical texts suggests dementia was extremely rare in ancient Greece and Rome 2,000 to 2,500 years ago. The USC-led research, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s ...

Using tree-ring data from ancient oaks, the team reconstructed rainfall ... as raiders looted freely across the countryside. Rome’s grip slipped. Britain entered what one archaeologist has ...

It was as far away from Woodstock as possible. The performance was filmed over six days in October 1971 in the ancient amphitheatre, with the band playing three songs in the ancient venue ...

Long before the advent of quartz crystals, digital displays, or GPS-enabled smartphones, ancient Romans were already walking around ... into the technological ambitions and cultural habits of Rome’s ...

The Italian Space Agency has picked European company Blue Skies Space to build a fleet of satellites around the moon to map the ancient universe. Blue Skies has partnered with another space ...

Rome's birthday, on 21 April, is known as Natale di Roma. This year the city will celebrate its 2,778th birthday. Traditionally the Eternal City marks its birthday with historical re-enactments of ...

Trying to get from point A to point B? If only it were that simple! With any manner of travel these days, you’ve got options: planes, trains, buses, ferries, and beyond. And finding the best pat ...

Against the ancient backdrop of Rome’s Colosseum, thousands gathered Friday evening for the solemn Via Crucis procession, where Cardinal Baldassare Reina carried the cross on behalf of Pope ...