This applies nicely to Dante’s “Divine Comedy.” Its garden is the poem’s otherworld—based on the ancient geocentric cosmos and Christian eschatology—and its toads are Dante’s ...

Greek authorities said the statue is from the Hellenistic period Greek Police A statue dating back more than 2,000 years was allegedly found in a black bag near garbage bins in a part of the Greek ...

Mourners for the twins Sara and Aurora Esposito, including their sisters, center, at the gravesite in early December in Marigliano, Italy, outside Naples. The southern Italian city has become ...

Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near garbage cans in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The organized ...

A small plane made an emergency landing after take-off at Naples Airport early Jan. 1. Airport officials reported on Facebook about 7:45 a.m. Wednesday that a 36 Bonanza plane had to land "and ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece — A marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, police said Wednesday.

Some were pleasant surprises, while others were what was expected. Many new restaurants opened in the Naples area this past year, and it's time to revisit those we enjoyed and why. Our Naples ...

“We have uncovered approximately 2,000 bronze statue fragments.” The archaeologists posited a theory that the site containing the shattered bronze is considered an ancient scrap yard, of ...

A statue of Irish rock and blues legend Rory Gallagher has been unveiled at Belfast's Ulster Hall. It is located outside the venue on Bedford Street where Gallagher played regularly throughout the ...

Beneath the waters of the Bay of Naples lies a hidden treasure: the Submerged Park of Baiae. An archaeological site that ...

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