Michelangelo’s exact job description for ... but with visible seams as a reminder of this grave assault. Ultimately, a seamless restoration was chosen, with the goal of making it impossible ...

Faithful walk past Michelangelo’s Pieta’ at the end ... The New York Times reported that the sculpture suffered from “grave damage” which included breaking the statue’s arm and several ...

For over a thousand years, basilicas have been stages for history. Charlemagne knelt in St. Peter’s Basilica to be crowned ...

But the Pope's condition remains grave. He has been receiving treatment ... visit to the Vatican's Sistine Chapel - famous for Michelangelo's frescoes and the site where future Popes are elected ...

funding masterpieces like Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling. However, their extravagance and the widespread selling of indulgences — payments for the forgiveness of sins — sparked Martin ...

Watch out for that bat behind you,” warned Luca Messina, a civil engineer who moonlights as a speleo-archaeologist with ...

There's a Nobel Prize winner's latest work, an homage to Heart of Darkness, a psychosexual mystery and more in this month's ...

We just got back from a fantastic 3-week trip to the French and Italian coasts, Rome, and Venice. It was an amazing way to see many well-known places and experience the beauty, hospitality, and food ...

What they likely expected as a relaxing trip quickly altered into a highly-intense moment while visiting Michelangelo’s ...

But the Pope's condition remains grave, he has been receiving treatment ... visit to the Vatican's Sistine Chapel - famous for Michelangelo's frescoes and the site where future Popes are elected ...