In 1950, Italy’s prime minister instituted an ill-conceived plan to relocate the Sassi’s entire population to new housing developments outside the city, and the abandoned cave networks went ...

In a cave in southern Italy, archaeologists sifted through a muddy riverbed normally submerged by the turquoise waters of an underground river. A dull brown artifact caught their attention — and ...

Photo from the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Salerno and Avellino In a cave in southern Italy, archaeologists sifted through a muddy riverbed normally submerged by the ...