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Italian teenagers discover a 1,800-year-old Roman luxury villa hiding beneath their high school gymCurious students in Rome uncovered a stunning 1,800-year-old Roman villa under their school gym. Archaeologists confirmed the find, reveali...
When Nato had to be called in to escape from a museum in NaplesEven with enough experience of museums, the visit to Museo Madre - to balance out a trip to Pompeii and its ancient memories with contempor...
Italy's Mount Vesuvius closed to tourists over wildfireA wildfire raged on Mount Vesuvius near Naples, prompting Italian firefighters and the army to combat the blaze. Hiking routes were closed ...
Pompeii to start capping visitors in an effort to protect city ruinsPompeii Archaeological Park will limit daily visitors to 20,000 starting November 15 to protect the ancient city's ruins from over-tourism....
Venice begins charging tourists entry fee €5 as it looks to find ‘new balance’Venice has launched a pilot program to charge day-trippers a 5-euro entry fee to manage overtourism. The initiative aims to discourage visi...
Falling fares and an AI arms race: What travelers can expect in 2024Airfares in the US will decrease while international airfares will increase in 2024 due to increased airplane capacity and a drop in jet fu...
Ancient prison bakery unearthed in Roman city of PompeiiThe bakery, where slaves and animals were forced to perform the backbreaking task of turning the millstones, had no doors or communication ...
Unveiling ancient treasures: Met Museum's 'Tree & Serpent' shines a light on early Buddhist art in IndiaThe Metropolitan Museum's newest exhibition, "Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 B.C.E.-400 C.E.," features over 50 sculpture...
American tourist falls into famous Mount Vesuvius volcano while taking selfie; this is what happened to him nextIn an attempt to click a selfie, an American tourist fell inside Mount Vesuvius suffering multiple injuries. Trying to reach the phone that...
Four-wheel Roman chariot - almost intact - unearthed near PompeiiPompeii was buried in ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, killing between 2,000 and 15,000 people.
A Ford family estate is auctioning off 650 treasures worth more than $5 mnChristie’s will auction items from the estate of the late Kathleen DuRoss Ford, the widow of auto titan Henry Ford II.
View: Lockdown and covid woes, then add cyclonic destructionAt some point the questions give way to explanations that involve the gods, or fate, or happenstance, or coincidence, or chaos. Answers bec...
Ask the travel expert: How to draw an itinerary for a 5-day trip to Sikkim?There is no such SIM card which can be used in every European country.
Try dark tourism: Chernobyl, Pompeii and other disaster zones that are drawing visitorsAdd these top five destinations to your bucket list.
Move over the regular tourist destinations - explore these new 'wonders of the world'Just imagine what it would be like to visit seven world wonders few people have ever even heard of yet.
Want an off-beat experience? Go on a hiking trip to El SalvadorNational parks like El Imposible, Montecristo, and Cerro Verde offer serious hiking through a variety of terrains.
- Natural wonders of Rotorua: Kiwi and tuatara
The kiwi and tuatara were only two of the other natural wonders of Rotorua besides geysers that Bidisha Bagchi saw and marvelled at.