Italy
Pompeii's House of Lovers Reopens to the Public After 40 Years
The building, one of three newly restored painted houses, is named for a Latin inscription that reads, “Lovers lead, like bees, a life as sweet as honey”
For One Week Only, Raphael's Tapestries Return to the Sistine Chapel
This is the first time all 12 of the Renaissance creations have been united in their original home since the 16th century
Vesuvius' Scorching Eruption Turned a Man's Brain Into Glass
A new study reports on a shimmering black substance found in one victim's skull
A Long-Hidden Collection of Ancient Sculpture Is Making Its Grand Debut
The statues are "surprising, rewarding and promising beyond belief," says one expert of the private Torlonia Collection
Painting Found Inside Walls of Italian Gallery Authenticated as Stolen Klimt
"Portrait of a Lady" went missing from the Ricci Oddi Modern Art Gallery in February 1997
14th-Century Illustration of Venice Is the Oldest Found Yet
The drawing accompanied one friar's first-person account of a trip from Venice to Jerusalem and Egypt
Visitors Can Watch the Restoration of Michelangelo's 'Bandini Pietà'
The artist once took a sledgehammer to the sculpture, which is now housed at a museum in Florence
Venice Declares State of Emergency as City Battles Worst Floods in 50 Years
The Italian city’s high-water mark reached 74 inches on Tuesday
Leonardo’s ‘Vitruvian Man’ Is Headed to the Louvre Despite Italian Scholars’ Protests
Some researchers say the roughly 530-year-old drawing is too fragile, light-sensitive to travel
Per Favore, Do Not Sit on the Spanish Steps
Plop down on the landmark and you might find yourself hit with a €250 fine
Pompeii Is Home to Multiple Undetonated World War II Bombs
A statement by the Archaeological Museum of Pompeii assures the public that there is 'no risk for visitors'
You Can Now Tour the Tunnels Beneath Rome’s Baths of Caracalla
The newly opened underground network features a brick oven once used to heat the baths' caldarium, as well as a contemporary video art installation
Art Historian Says He Has Identified the Earliest Known Michelangelo Drawing
The sketch, now on view in Budapest, likely dates to between 1487 and 1490
DNA Analysis Could Prove if This Lock of Hair Belonged to Leonardo da Vinci
Researchers will compare results of DNA test to genetic material extracted from artist’s living descendants and his alleged remains
For the First Time in 300 Years, Pilgrims Can Climb These Holy Marble Steps
Worshippers can kneel up the 28 steps some believe Jesus ascended to receive his death sentence
New Orleans Apologizes for 1891 Lynching of Italian-Americans
Eleven people accused of killing the city’s police chief were murdered by a vigilante mob
Pregnant Whale With 48 Pounds of Plastic in Her Stomach Washes Ashore in Italy
Among the refuse found in her digestive tract were garbage bags, fishing nets and a bag of liquid detergent
Italy May Need to Import Olive Oil After Extreme Weather Decimates Local Crops
This year's harvest is down 57 percent, and may force the nation to import its treasured olive oil from other parts of the Mediterranean
Site Where Julius Caesar Was Stabbed Will Finally Open to the Public
The curia in Pompey's Theater where Caesar died in the Largo di Torre Argentina is currently a fenced-off feral cat colony
In the Fair City of Verona, Star-Cross'd Lovers Want to Believe in 'La Casa di Giulietta'
The number of visitors to this self-proclaimed Shakespearean “city of love” typically swells during the week around Valentine’s Day
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