A student plunged nearly 40 feet to his death from one of Rome's most famous bridges in front of horrified tourists when he fell over the edge while taking a…
Creators of the Bible could have pinched some of its best lines from ancient curse tablets, a new study has revealed. Theology experts began by studying the language of the…
A British tourist who cooled his feet in an iconic fountain in central Rome has been fined EUR 500 by local officials. The 42-year-old holidaymaker had used the centuries-old Fontana…
A 30-year-old Canadian tourist has been booked by police in Rome after staff caught her carving her initials on a wall of the Colosseum. The woman was caught by a…
A 2,000-year-old Roman artefact has been found next to a dirt track in a rural Turkish village. The stone artefact with Latin text etched into it was discovered in the…
A woman in the Italian capital Rome who broke quarantine so she could take her pet tortoise for a walk has been fined after police refused to accept the pet…
These images show the skull and skeleton of a Chihuahua-like dog which was kept as a pet in Ancient Rome and buried alongside humans. The discovery was made by a…
This Ancient Rome-era skeleton found by workmen digging up an underground metro station in Rome has been dubbed the 'Pyramid Mummy'. According to reports, the first skeleton, identified as a…
This footage shows a man in a toga dancing in Rome's famous Trevi Fountain before being grabbed by a cop and slapped with a 550 EUR fine under measures designed…
This picture shows a tour guide threatening to jump from the Colosseum in Rome in protest at new rules banning his colleagues from stopping in front of the famous monument.…