London’s Roman ruins are increasingly accessible – here’s where to see them
Over the last 80 years we have rediscovered Roman London in the city’s basements and sewers At some point in the 400s, a Saxon wandering in Roman Londinium’s ruins dropped his brooch on top of the ...
This is what a surgical clinic looked like in ancient Rome
Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what ...
The Pope Is in a ‘Good Mood’ but ‘Not Out of Danger,’ His Doctors Say
As the pope enters his second week in a Rome hospital with a lung infection, his physicians said his condition was critical ...
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Why the Roman City of Pompeii in Italy Still Haunts and Fascinates Us
The suddenness of Mount Vesuvius's eruption, has given us an incomparable look into Roman life 2,000 years ago.
UK court backs Vatican in refusing to say London financier acted in ‘good faith’ in property deal
A British court has largely backed the Vatican and refused to declare that a London-based financier acted in “good faith” in ...
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When the pope is sick, Italians always gossip about who comes next — even before 'Conclave'
The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like his death. “A pope dies, they ...