Europe

Hadrian’s Villa recreated the buildings that impressed him abroad, including an island retreat with …

Ostia Antica preserves Roman apartment blocks, a bar with its menu frescoes and sixty …

The Pantheon’s dome is still the largest unreinforced concrete dome on earth after 1,900 …

Most visitors never use the Forum and Palatine half of their Colosseum ticket. What …

Mycenae’s Lion Gate, the shaft graves Schliemann dug in 1876, and why the Mask …

You can walk the rim of the volcano that buried Pompeii in under an …

The Alexander Mosaic, the Farnese Hercules and the Secret Cabinet are all at MANN …

Herculaneum kept its wooden doors, furniture and upper floors because it died differently to …

Pompeii now caps entry at 20,000 a day with named, timed tickets – bring …

Malta’s cart ruts cut deep into bedrock, cross in networks and run into the …