Rome is advertising for sponsorship of the Colosseum in a move which would see entry tickets stamped with company logos and advertising hoardings adorning the outside of the 2,000-year-old amphitheatre.

Rome's Colosseum needs a facelift, officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan to raise 25 million euros (32 million dollars) to restore the crumbling symbol of the Italian capital.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Tradition holds that St. Peter was jailed in Rome's maximum security Mamertine Prison before he was crucified upside down and buried on the hill where St. Peter's Basilica was later built.

Rome's Colosseum needs a facelift, officials say, as they announced a plan to raise 25 million euros to restore the crumbling symbol of the Italian capital.

As Rome's ancient Colosseum literally crumbles from neglect, the cash-strapped Italian government is looking for private sponsors willing to help pay for restoration work in exchange for advertising rights.

Cathay Pacific Airways is offering a special Smart Saver promotion on flights from Bangkok to major cities in Asia and Europe, including Hong Kong, Beijing, Seoul, Singapore, Mumbai, Delhi, Colombo, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Rome, Frankfurt, Milan and Moscow.

ROME - AS ROME'S ancient Colosseum literally crumbles from neglect, the cash-strapped Italian government is looking for private sponsors willing to help pay for restoration work in exchange for advertising rights. The vast Roman amphitheatre which housed bloody public spectacles including gladiator fights, mock sea battles and animal shows is one of the most famous monuments from the ancient ...

Lately Metro has taken a lot of heat because of persistent subway system deficiencies: lack of air conditioning in rail cars; escalator and elevator outages; and operator or equipment failures resulting in derailments and collisions -- along with injuries and fatalities. City - United States - Business - Urban Transport - Transportation and Logistics

As Rome's ancient Colosseum literally crumbles, the cash-strapped Italian government is looking for private sponsors willing to help pay.

Ferrari man Fernando Alonso was shocked to find himself so far behind the pace setting Red Bull's today in qualifying for Sunday's F1 2010 Hungarian Grand Prix. Alonso had a good qualifying session and just like in the practice he was the only one anywhere near Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. However, despite finishing Q3 in third place, he was disappointed to be so far off P1. Indeed in the ...

Two cars on the second row: that was the positive outcome of qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, with Fernando Alonso in third place and Felipe Massa fourth.

The re-opening of the Villa del Principe is being marked by an exhibition Caravaggio and Flight featuring more than 80 landscapes from four villas once belonging to two dynasties of Italian nobility.

Ferrari looks back at today's qualifying session in which its drivers finished 3rd and 4th

In a finding that says much about the people who lived in northern Africa 5,000 years ago, scientists believe domestication of the donkey was achieved by nomadic people responding to the growing borders of the Sahara. Scientists also determined the endangered African wild ass is the living ancestor of the modern donkey and found hints that one strain of African wild ass thought to be extinct may ...

ROME: Marine archaeologists have discovered four ancient shipwrecks off the tiny Italian island of Zannone, with their cargoes of wine and oil intact. The remains of the vessels, dating from the first century BC to the 5th-7th century AD, are up to 165 meters underwater, a depth that preserved them from fishermen over the centuries. "The deeper you

CLEVELAND After a five-year period of complete renovation, the Cleveland Museum of Arts (CMA) collections from the ancient Near East, Greece, Rome, Egypt and Africa, along with pieces from late antiquity, the Byzantine Empire and the European Middle Ages, have returned to public view.

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Two cars on the second row: that was the positive outcome of qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prixat the Hungaroring circuit this afternoon for Scuderia...

During the month of July in ancient Rome, a crusty stem of bread was passed among families to raise in salute to the birthday of the season's namesake, Julius Caesar. At the time, the bread was hard, knobby with the seedy bumps of unground grains. A little bit of honey, olive oil, or even bits of meat gave the celebratory bread flavor, and as time went by, that same crusty stem of bread picked ...

The Italian government is looking for private sponsors to help it restore one of Rome's ancient landmarks - the Colosseum.