ROME, March 1 (Reuters) - A giant statue dating back about 2,500 years has been restored to Sicily's Valley of the Temples, an archeological site which ancient Greek poet Pindar described as "man's ...

Wildfires have killed at least three elderly people on Italy’s southern island of Sicily as a heatwave and severe storms gripped continental Europe. The charred bodies of a couple in their 70s were ...

An archaic shipwreck that dates back to the 5th and 6th centuries B.C. has been discovered in the waters off the coast of Santa Maria del Focallo, municipality of Ispica, Sicily, Italy. The find also ...

Sicily is strewn with ancient Greek attractions and, with half the tourist crowds of Greece, they’re the most enjoyable, too. The Sicilians are modest about their fabulous historical heritage. Chances ...

Two pilots died fighting fires when their propeller plane crashed into a ravine on the Greek island of Evia — among at least 39 victims of the Mediterranean wildfires prompting mass evacuations and ...

Archaeologists believe the altar was used for family worship and dates back over 2,000 years at the height of Sicily's Hellenic period. An ancient Greek altar that's more than 2,000 years old has been ...

ROME, June 30 (Reuters) - An ancient Greek altar for family worship dating back more than 2,000 years has been found in the archaeological site of Segesta on the Italian island of Sicily, local ...