After decades locked away in a basement, some of the finest sculptures from antiquity have been pulled from the gloom and returned to public view in Rome.

The once-secret corridor — known as the “Commodus Passage” and named after the Roman emperor turned into a pop icon by Ridley ...

For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, visitors to Rome’s Colosseum can walk through a hidden imperial passage ...

The idea that everyone has intrinsic rights to life and liberty was a radical break with millennia of human history. It’s ...

The author of “Because of Winn-Dixie” on what fantastical tales have to offer us—especially in dark times.