The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

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

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.