The remains of what appears to be a medieval palace where popes lived before they made the Vatican their home have been excavated in Rome prior to renovations for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, or ...

7/17: CBS News 24/7 Episode 1 43:54. Archaeologists in Rome may have uncovered the remains of a medieval palace for popes that long preceded the Vatican, officials announced on Wednesday.

Excavations underway in the Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano in Rome Courtesy of the Italian Ministry of Culture Archaeologists in Rome have unearthed the medieval-era walls of a palace that housed ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a hidden ancient palace under Rome that was likely home to the Popes between the ninth and thirteenth centuries AD before the Vatican seat was established. In ...

Key stops. The new Museo della Forma Urbis mixes archaeology and cartography to map historical Rome.; The reopened ruins of Domus Tiberiana, a 1st-century palace, now hold galleries and exhibits ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a hidden ancient palace under Rome that was likely home to the Popes between the ninth and thirteenth centuries AD before the Vatican seat was established.