The sale of an island just off the coast of Bacoli, near Naples, has pit the quest for a rich investor against a more ...

Naples, Italy, a historic city on the southwestern coast of the country, is one of Italy’s oldest and most continuously ...

Recent updates have indicated that Francis has seen his condition improve despite complications, with the pope saying he no ...

Notable results include the identification of the first known use of a new gray color in Pompeian art. The presence of barite ...

John ‘Jack’ Lindung, a retired Alex. Brown & Sons bond salesman, died of pancreatic cancer March 8 in Naples, Florida. He was ...

In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...

Cardinal Marcello Semeraro outlines the journey to canonization. Even from his hospital bed, Pope Francis wanted to make sure ...

When you see pasta, your brain probably doesn't jump to the secrets of the universe. But for almost a century, physicists ...

In Rome, I was overwhelmed with a rush of boyish enthusiasm. I was setting off across the Mediterranean on a new ship, ...

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See the Amalfi Coast by making this affordable seaside town your home base to explore neighboring, more tourist-heavy places.

As much as Julius Nepos refused to recognize his legitimacy and continued to hold the title in parallel until his death in ...