The Colosseum has a bright new look following a restoration using the same travertine marble of ancient Rome to recreate parts of columns from 2,000 years ago. Thousands of Romans once flocked to this arena to watch gladiators battle each other and wild animals.

Thousands of years ago, crowds gathered at the Colosseum in Rome to watch gladiator battles and other grisly spectacles. Now, 21st-century visitors will get a better sense of how ancient audiences experienced the amphitheater,

Visitors to the Colosseum will be able to walk in the footsteps of emperors as the Roman landmark opens a once-secret passageway that the rulers used to enter the arena without mixing with the masses. It was rediscovered in the 1810s and named the Commodus ...

The Colosseum: the jewel of Ancient Rome. It wowed vast crowds with extraordinary battles. It pushed the boundaries of technology. It exhibited Rome’s vast wealth and power. Roman leaders spread the Colosseum’s design throughout the Empire, and it ...

The project focused on a semicircular piazza outside the arena, where spectators crowded under two arcades comprised of marble columns.

Pope Leo XIV ushers in Easter with his first vigil service as pontiff at St. Peter’s Basilica VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV , carrying a tall, lit candle through a darkened and silent St. Peter’s Basilica,

Pope Leo washed the feet of 12 priests on Thursday (April 2)  as part of a special ritual before Easter and said the action, emulating a gesture of humility by Jesus on the night before he died, should inspire Catholics to care for those in need.