With the famed ruins of Pompeii looming large in people’s imaginations, many of Italy’s smaller and lesser-known ancient sites often are overlooked. One such place is Paestum, a long-ago Greek colony ...

Greek and Roman architecture together form a lasting legacy of innovation, with Roman engineering building upon and enhancing ...

What are we learning about the past? Here are three of our most recent eye-catching archaeology stories. →Ancient 'burial' mound on Greek island turns out to be much more unique →Construction near ...

Archaeologists in Greece recently excavated the partially submerged ruins of an ancient building. Inside, they found coins, pottery and a statue of a god. Photo from the Ministry of Culture Partially ...