According to legend, the Trojans migrated to Britain after the fall of Troy. A new book investigates the historicity of this legend.

As Italy’s vineyards grapple with summers that are longer and hotter, erratic weather and dwindling water, winemakers are being forced to rethink one of the oldest assumptions in their craft: terroir, ...

by Jean MacIntosh Turfa Publication date 2013 Topics Rasenna, etruscan, world, essays Collection folkscanomy_history; folkscanomy; additional_collections Language English Item Size 669.0M A series of ...

The Etruscans are considered the first great Italian civilization: they lived in the area between present-day Tuscany, Lazio ...

Umbria is a lush, green, lesser-known Italian paradise. A travel advisor who lived there for 16 years shares his favorite ...

Vesuvius tremors, tomb raiders and patient Neapolitan Fire Brigade workers all have a part to play in Gianfranco Rosi’s poetic meditation on the fragile nature of Naples.

The Huns, a nomadic group of Central Asian origin, emerged as a formidable force in the 4th century CE, challenging the Roman ...

When you take a drive just over an hour away from Pisa Airport, you'll find yourself in the rolling hills of Tuscany and in ...

The Roman-Etruscan Wars represent a significant chapter in the ancient history of ancient Italy, marking the clashes between the burgeoning power of Rome and the advanced civilization of the Etruscans ...

A Latin word for “cleverness” or “skillfulness,” facetiae came to be used to refer to a collection of witty sayings in 16th-century English. But things took a turn for the worse in Victorian slang, ...

Japanese artist Keita Miyazaki is presenting The Eternal Duality an exhibition hosted in the Nymphaeum of the National ...