Works by Caravaggio, Titian and Rubens at risk to Roman traffic after air conditioning packs up at cash-strapped gallery
Ancient Rome’s tap water heavily contaminated with lead, researchers say
Supply became contaminated as it passed through giant network of lead pipes that distributed water around city, scientists believe
Archeologists’ findings may prove Rome a century older than thought
As Italian capital approaches 2,767th birthday, excavation reveals wall built long before official founding year of 753BC
Italian archaeologists have grape expectations of their ancient wine
Scientists plant vineyards with the aim of making wine using techniques from classical Rome described by Virgil
Hadrian’s villa tunnels explored as cavers drop down into hidden city
Amateur cavers map network of passages built by Roman emperor at Tivoli to keep slaves, oxen and victuals below stairs
Rubicon river rivalry in Italy to be settled with mock court case
The Roman gauntlet is thrown down as regional factions argue their river is famous point of no return crossed by Caesar
Rome’s Trevi fountain crumbling ‘for lack of maintenance’
City officials blame freak snowfall for damage, but critics decry ‘dangerous’ cuts to funding to protect Italian heritage
WikiLoot aims to use crowdsourcing to track down stolen ancient artefacts
Man behind WikiLoot hopes crowdsourcing experiment will help to find some of the world’s oldest and most valuable treasures
Stolen paintings recovered in Rome 40 years after art heist
Italian police find stolen paintings hanging in a house in the same district of Rome from where 42 works disappeared