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The idea was simple. Form an association and select Italy’s most beautiful villages as members. Founded in 2001, ‘I Borghi ...

In ancient times, the mountains of Greece held the shrines and ritual sites of the Greek gods. These days, they’re astonishingly unloved and neglected. The mountains of Greece and the Mediterranean ...

Researchers in Tanzania have unveiled a previously unknown species of gigantic tree, Tessmannia princeps, towering over the tropical rainforests of the Udzungwa Mountains. The discovery adds to ...

In development at new developer studio Three Friends, founded by industry veterans, it's based around the fall of Ancient Rome. Here you'll work with your friends to fight off undead hordes as you ...

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New discoveries related to works of art in ancient Greece and Rome continue to be unearthed. A Danish study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology in March found that statues in antiquity ...

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By the time Rome conquered Greece in 146 BC, Sparta was already a shadow of its former self, far from the mighty and fearsome superpower of the ancient world. Nonetheless, Sparta’s decline was not ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Ireland’s Dan Sheehan, center, is tackled by Italy’s Gianmarco lucchesi, left, and Manuel Zuliani during ...

Rivers in the Apennine mountains swelled above alert levels. In Bologna, authorities ordered evacuations from the ground floor of buildings on Thursday in anticipation of potential flooding.