ROME, Nov 7 (Reuters) - The number of people aged over 100 in Italy has increased by 30% over the past 10 years ... ago ...

The results, published Nov. 7 in Current Biology, reveal that some of the stories told for decades about the individuals’ ...

In 79 CE, the active volcanic system in southern Italy known as Somma-Vesuvius erupted, burying the small Roman town of ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for centuries.

It took over two years, but divers in Sicily finally scoured a shipwreck off the island's south shore, and found lots of ...

An engaging account by Roger Crowley of the early trade wars between Spain and Portugal serves as a reminder of how money, greed and exploitation continues to shape the world ...

Archaeologists say the finds will help them better understand the prehistoric people who lived or buried their dead in this Italian cave.

Researchers are learning more about ancient central European society thanks to stones from thousands of years ago. A team of ...

Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile and agricultural products. New research ...

The Sacro Bosco's meaning is the subject of debate, with scholars alternatively describing the sprawling complex as a memorial, an allegorical site or a tribute to ancient civilizations ...

Italy's plan to process asylum seekers in Albania was dealt a serious blow on Friday, just days after the first group of migrants were sent to the Balkan country. A court in Rome ruled that 12 of ...

the migrants would then be processed for possible asylum in Italy or be sent back to their home nations. However, each migrant's detention must be reviewed by special migration courts in Italy ...