It's not just home to the U.S.'s founding documents. The National Archives safeguards about 13.5 billion paper records, including the check used to buy Alaska and Adolf Hitler's will.

Archaeologists discovered a hidden trove of ancient Roman silver coins on the island of Pantelleria near Sicily.

In southern Italy's Basilicata region, caves snake through the hillside town of Matera – the remains of neolithic villages ...

For a more unusual and slightly eerie experience, visit the Catacombs of Rome, a series of underground burial sites used by ...

Throughout history, there have been many incredible civilizations that have shaped the way we live today. One was Ancient ...

As Italian prime minister, Alcide De Gasperi oversaw the post-World War II return to Greece of Rhodes and the other ...

A coin issued by Gaius Caesar - also known as Caligula - decorated with a portrait of the Empress Agrippina and dated to A.D. 37-38 sold for about $9,295, according to the BBC. Another coin, issued by ...

It is believed that the bikini was a 20th century invention, but an ancient mosaic reveals women in Rome wore it while ...

Edward Watts, a professor of history at the University of California, San Diego, delivered a lecture this past Wednesday ...

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