OSTIA: The resort town of Ostia, on Italy's west coast, is a magnet for tourists in the summer but is also mafia territory where clans carve up the drugs and extortion business. "If you don't see ...

I arrived in Ostia Antica from Rome, where I’d been squinting at the grand ruins and trying to envision plutocrats in togas, grand processions of conquering generals, and tyrants with 100-foot-tall ...

As temperatures soar to around 40C this weekend, thousands of Romans will flock to nearby beaches to roast in the sun, play on the slot machines and dance in sticky seaside nightclubs. They will not ...

Sitting on the top row of the ancient arena, I scan the ruins of Ostia Antica, letting my imagination take me back 2,000 years to the days when this was ancient Rome’s seaport, a thriving commercial ...

Objects discovered during the excavation include oil lamps decorated with the menorah (seven-branched lampstand) and the lulav (palm branch and symbol of the harvest festival). A rare mikveh, a Jewish ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ostia Lido in Ostia, on the outskirts of Rome,under gloomy skies on Friday The resort town of Ostia, on Italy's west coast, is a ...