Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.

The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.