Fiona Duncan checks into Villa Igiea, a spectacular Rocco Forte hotel in Palermo, Italy. Review: Villa Igiea, Palermo Here ...
During the Battle of Himera (480 BC), ancient Greek forces defeated Carthage, ensuring their dominance in the Mediterranean.
Fabio Sireci helmed his family winery in Sicily for 30 years before meeting the woman who would become his partner, perfectly ...
Most of the work on Sicily’s ancient history has focused on land. But archaeologist Ilaria Patania and her team studied submerged caves in southern Sicily instead. Tens of thousands of years ago ...
The display showcases offerings to various gods and ancient Greek rituals practiced by the people of Akragas. For instance, ...
It's a watchful and masculine place, beautiful and thwarted. Sicily's history is as mordant and miserable a romance as any in Europe—well into the 1950s these were among the poorest peasants in ...
It took over two years, but divers in Sicily finally scoured a shipwreck off the island's south shore, and found lots of ...
Sicily endures catastrophic flooding as a severe storm unleashes a year’s rainfall in 12 hours, sweeping cars to sea and ...