The Odeon was a smaller roofed theatre, theatrum tectum, that sat 1500 spectators built in 80 BC. The theatre follows the plan of other Roman theatres and odeon structures. Where the Large Theatre was used primarily for staging drama,...

The Basilica Julia was a structure that once stood in the Roman Forum. It was a large, ornate, public building used for meetings and other official business during the early Roman Empire. Its ruins have been excavated. What is left from...

Fata and Yankuba are two young Gambians with ambitious dreams, who fled dictatorship and poverty and landed in Naples, only to discover a new kind of violence: a pernicious climate of racism and an unhelpful immigration system. Their...

Hundreds of women operate as sex workers along the Strada Bonifica, the ironically named ‘road of love’ on the Adriatic coast of Italy. There has been a huge increase in the number of Nigerian women working along the 10-mile stretch of...

Cédric Herrou is a farmer who supports and houses African refugees in the alpine village of Breil-Sur-Roya in southern France. Some regard him as a heroic good samaritan, but others – including the French border police and state...

This is the story of five friends – Moaaz, Majd, Rasha, Kinan and Khalid – who fled war-torn Syria to embark on a perilous trip to reach Europe. So far this year an estimated 3,000 migrants have died attempting this same journey. On 16...

Rudy Marchesi has crafted his life around a world devoted to food. Both professionally, as owner of a vineyard and winery on 230 acres near Portland, Oregon, and in his personal life, with a nearby residence that he has carved out as a...

The present much larger Baptistry was built in Romanesque style around 1059, evidence of the growing economic and political importance of Florence. It was reconsecrated on 6 November 1059 by Pope Nicholas II, a Florentine. According to...

In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about The Fashion Police

What was Ptolemy interested in when he was making the map of the world? Why is this a remarkable piece of work? Maps, Our Place in the World, Part 2

There are more than 250 churches in Venice, both consecrated and desecrated. Obviously, the sacred ones are first of all places of worship, but all together they make up a cultural, artistic and human heritage of inestimable value.

Thousands of voters take part in face-to-face and online debates to discuss the future of Europe, with Brexit, borders, immigration and security high on the agenda. The Europe Talks event was organised by media outlets including the...

There are more than 250 churches in Venice, both consecrated and desecrated. Obviously, the sacred ones are first of all places of worship, but all together they make up a cultural, artistic and human heritage of inestimable value.

There are more than 250 churches in Venice, both consecrated and desecrated. Obviously, the sacred ones are first of all places of worship, but all together they make up a cultural, artistic and human heritage of inestimable value.

There are more than 250 churches in Venice, both consecrated and desecrated. Obviously, the sacred ones are first of all places of worship, but all together they make up a cultural, artistic and human heritage of inestimable value.

There are more than 250 churches in Venice, both consecrated and desecrated. Obviously, the sacred ones are first of all places of worship, but all together they make up a cultural, artistic and human heritage of inestimable value.

In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Italian 1848 Revolutions

In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about Italy's Flag History

The Large Theatre was built into a natural hill in the second century BC. This theatre sat roughly 4,000 spectators. In the Greek style, the tiered seating extends from the orchestra carved out of the hillside. The Roman influence is...

The History of “Il Carnevale” in Italia

In this video, we explore the fascinating city-state of Vatican City, also known as the Holy See. We delve into its history, starting with its independence from Italy in 1929. With a population of less than 1000, Vatican City is a...

It’s got fewer words than the average rap song, and takes less time to read than it does to boil an egg. So how did the Gettysburg Address inspire a global movement for democratic change that’s still shaping our lives today?

Venice performed a test run of a flood barrier system designed to keep the Adriatic tides from overwhelming the city. The project, known as MOSE, has been underway since 2003 and is expected to be complete by 2014.

No matter how much we find out about the earth, it always has more questions to answer. But thanks to Google mapping the entire planet, we're a lot closer to answering them than ever before. Here's 10 Mysteries Solved By Google Earth.