Among the items are sandals, pottery and Britain's largest collection of Roman writing tablets, bearing IOU notes and gossip ...

Alberto Angela has made a career out of exploring his hometown. Here are his favourite spots to unearth Rome's millennia of secrets, from the Vatican Museums to Ostia Antica.

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The FBI is investigating the sale of what are suspected to be hundreds of artefacts from the British Museum to buyers in ... and selling ancient artefacts but denies all the allegations.

Filled with wisteria, cypresses and aquatic irises, the Garden of Ninfa is an enchanting historic garden located between Rome ...