Archaeologist Juan de Lara of Oxford University spent four years reconstructing the ancient temple’s lighting with a precision never before achieved. He lifts the veil — both literal and metaphorical ...

The hotel shares its name with the street it’s on, Via di Ripetta, an artery that leads off Piazza del Popolo, a dramatic ...

Do you think you know the Parthenon, Greece's ancient marvel? But do you know it well enough that it had a pool?

The Parthenon's interior has long been seen as a bright marble space, a new 3D model of the temple shows otherwise.

Artists have captured the hidden world of papal elections for centuries, turning secrecy into spectacle for the public.

They dress the pope. Since its origin of 1798—under the pontificate of Pius VI—the family-run Gammarelli has been responsible for the wardrobes of the Vatican’s most powerful figures. It's a ...

With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope ...

The 133 cardinals from 70 countries will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel, where they will vote in secret and silence, a ...

The 133 cardinals from 70 countries will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel, where they will vote in secret and silence, a ...

This secretive conclave to elect the next pope is being held in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. What's it like inside and how ...