Ancient Greece

It’s the ultimate collection of Greek-Roman classical sculpture: the Torlonia Collection in Rome is considered the most prestigious private collection of…

Greeks began to settle in Southern Italy in the 8th and 7th centuries BC, exporting their culture, which would later influence the Roman world. They colonized…

For anyone with a sweet tooth, Taormina is a temptation too hard to resist. It is difficult to stroll down the main thoroughfare, Corso Umberto I, or the via…

The largest industrial quarter for the production of ceramics of the ancient world has been discovered at the archeological site of Selinunte in south-west…

Many holidaymakers staying along the Amalfi coast will undertake the 72-minute drive north to visit the ancient sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii. However,…

“Hadrian and Greece. Hadrian's Villa between Classicism and Hellenism” is a new exhibition just launched at Tivoli’s Villa Adriana to showcase the important…

Archaeologists have unearthed five monumental buildings at the Villa Adriana (Hadrian’s Villa) at Tivoli, near Rome. Roman Emperor Hadrian constructed the…

Carol King selects the Top 5 must-see archaeological sites in Italy. Colosseo and Foro Romano, Rome, Lazio Ancient Roman Emperor Vespasian started construction…

A rare collection of drawings of Ancient Greek temples in Paestum by 18th-century Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi is on show at the Sir John Soane’s…

Archaeologists working in the Archaeological Park of Selinunte, Sicily, one of the largest and most important Greek colonies on the island, have uncovered a…