VATICAN CITY — Ten thousand hours. This is how long it takes to digitally analyze, map and conserve a marble statue, which could well be 2,000 years old. The work is not about restoring the ...

Even the seemingly simplest things here are steeped in history. The water for the fountains and sprinklers of the Vatican Gardens comes by way of a system installed in the 16th century, making use ...

Pope Francis. Date: 8th Century; The most valuable item held within the Vatican’s horde is considered to be Christianity’s crown jewel, The Papal Tiara. It is made of solid gold, various ...

BARBARA Jatta, the first woman to head the Vatican Museums, wants visitors to avoid being suffocated by the crowds and take in the lesser-known – but spectacular – attractions she helps to ...

On View Treasures From the Vatican, Including a 16th-Century Tapestry of Leonardo’s ‘Last Supper,’ Get a Rare Showing in Italy. The tapestry, which rarely leaves the Holy See, is now ...

The Vatican faces increasing pressure to return Indigenous artifacts. These items, collected during Catholic missions, are now at the center of repatriation demands. Canada seeks the return of ...

White-gloved handlers unpacked two treasures from the Vatican in a preview Thursday of an exhibit opening next week at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul. The "Vatican Splendors" show is ...

The Vatican has been trying for years to debunk the idea that its vaunted secret archives are all that ... primarily via "Treasures of History," a new U.S.-based foundation that supports the ...

That was never truer than with his 16-foot wooden model of the dome for St. Peter s Basilica in Rome. The cutaway model, designed by Michelangelo and constructed by hand in 1560, remains a ...