A major restoration of the Colosseum has given it a bright new look, using the same travertine stone Roman builders used 2,000 years ago.

But now, it’s getting something new: a carefully planned facelift that aims to restore parts of its original structure, ...

Crowds once mingled below two tall arcades supported by 164-foot-tall columns. But due to earthquakes and unstable ...

A new History Channel series about the Colosseum in Rome places this famous, ancient arena at the very center of world history. “The Colosseum would come to symbolize the rise and fall of Rome,” says ...

The bread-and-circuses approach to public policy has never been more ambitiously or outrageously memorialized than by the eternal centerpiece of the Eternal City—the subject of “Colosseum,” the ...

The Colosseum is a historical site atop many history buff's bucket lists, and a visit just got all the more enticing. For the first time in 2,000 years, tourists can walk where the emperor did through ...

The Colosseum in Rome was remarkable for a few reasons upon its construction in the first century C.E. The most obvious was its size. At four stories high and with 80 arched entrances, the ...

Another tourist carved into the walls of the Colosseum earlier this month. But, experts say people have been defacing the monument for centuries. Even ancient Romans themselves were known to tag the ...

Colosseum is an eight-part series made in what is now History’s signature style: A docuseries that’s punctuated by dramatic live-action scenes. It attempts to tell the history of the Roman empire via ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. History buffs and lovers of unique experiences have the chance to walk through the same underground path once secretly used by ...

A TikToker shared online that her visit to the Roman Colosseum was depressing after learning of its purpose. Some people were so shocked to learn that there was anyone who did not know about the ...