A scientist who figured out the secret behind ancient Rome's self-repairing concrete has recently confirmed his theory at a ...
In February 1905, nine years after the first modern Olympic games were held in Athens, their founder Pierre de Coubertin met ...
Pizza enthusiasts look away - as a dish inspired by the ancient Romans has gone on sale without any mozzarella or tomato in sight.
Built by industrialist James Deering, Vizcaya Museums and Gardens is a 45,000-square-foot Gilded Age mansion in Miami near ...
EXCLUSIVE: Director Gianfranco Rosi’s award-winning documentary Pompei: Below the Clouds will be coming to U.S. theaters and to MUBI’s streaming platform in March. The film, shot in lustrous black and ...
The charred scrolls of Herculaneum, buried under the ash of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, have long mesmerized scholars with their mysteries. Discovered in the 1750s at the villa of Julius ...
In the shadow of Italy’s Vesuvius, a lesser-known volcano rumbles: Campi Flegrei. An eruption could endanger the millions of residents of the city of Naples. NOVA is available to stream on pbs.org and ...