Smithsonian contributing writer Tony Perrottet, who wrote recently about Rome’s underworld—the city lurking beneath the city.

An American tourist was seriously injured after attempting to scale a fence near Rome’s Colosseum, reportedly trying to get a ...

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The legend of the Cyclops — the towering, one-eyed giants of Greek mythology — has long captured the imagination of ...

The tourist climbed up one of the Colosseum's railings but slipped and fell onto a sharp metal spike - which pierced his ...

A US tourist was seriously injured after becoming impaled on metal railings at Rome’s Colosseum while attempting to climb a restricted fence.

An earthquake in Croatia led to the discovery of an ancient Roman theater in Sisak, according to officials. The theater's ...

The Colosseum in Rome denies reports that a man was injured on the grounds of the ancient amphitheater, as widely reported by local media outlets. A spokesperson for the Colosseum Archaeological ...

An American tourist slipped while climbing a spiked fence to take a photo at the Colosseum and required surgery.

Scientists have determined that bite marks on the pelvis of a man buried in what is believed to be a cemetery for gladiators ...