This photo made available Monday, June 26, 2017, by the Italian Culture Ministry, shows part of the 1,800-year-old skeleton of a dog, which apparently perished in a blaze in Rome. Archaeologists think ...

Rome is a city almost as famous for its traffic as its landmarks. Its subway stations are located near historic treasures like the famed Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain and the Colosseum. So expanding ...

ROME — Rome opened two subway stations on Tuesday — one deep beneath the Colosseum — that mix the modernity of high-tech transport with artifacts from an ancient era. Commuters and tourists entering ...

ROME — A long-delayed and complex project to bring a subway line under ancient Roman ruins and through Rome’s historic center has entered a crucial phase, with the digging of an 85-meter (280-foot) ...

ROME -- A suspicious package full of wires and powder was found Tuesday in a subway car in Rome, prompting a terror scare during the Christmas season. But the city's ...

The discovery of ancient artifacts is usually cause for celebration and public excitement. But this being Rome, excavation often brings more heartache than joy. Engineers digging up 38 sites in the ...

ROME — Work to upgrade Rome’s public transport has again run up against an ancient problem: archaeological ruins. Culture ministry officials on Monday showed reporters where work on the city’s third ...

In its nearly 2,000 year history, the Colosseum has withstood lightning strikes, fires, and earthquakes. Now, in need of structural reinforcements but ongoing troubles regarding how to finance them, ...

ROME, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Authorities say a makeshift bomb found on the Rome metro subway Tuesday had no detonator and could not have been ignited. The subway driver found the device at a service yard ...

Digging for Rome's new subway has unearthed the charred ruins of an early 3rd-century building and the 1,800-year-old skeleton of a crouching dog that apparently perished in the same blaze that ...