Visitors to the Colosseum will be able to walk in the footsteps of emperors as the Roman landmark opens a once-secret passageway that the rulers used to enter the arena without mixing with the masses.

What is it like to enter Rome's Colosseum like an emperor? Well, visitors can get an idea later this month when the Commodus Passage opens to the public after a restoration. The underground tunnel ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Colosseum is a historical site atop many history buff's bucket lists, and a visit just got all the more enticing. For the ...

A seat at the Colosseum was never just a seat—it was a public statement of rank, connections, and power. In a city of nearly ...

(CNN) — A 2,000-year-old tunnel once used by Roman emperors to slip into the Colosseum unseen will open to the public this month, offering visitors a rare glimpse of the arena’s imperial backstage.

The Colosseum’s greatest secret was not in the arena but beneath it. The Hypogeum was a hidden world of tunnels, cages, lifts ...

Colosseum architects made some changes to allow new methods of stagecraft. Other changes were accidental; a fire sparked by lightning in A.D. 217 gutted the stadium and sent huge blocks of travertine ...

The Colosseum in Rome held a special tour to mark Women's Day on Thursday, exploring the famous monument's feminine angle -- from female gladiators to noblewomen in love with the arena fighters. "From ...

The Colosseum is a historical site atop many history buff's bucket lists, and a visit just got all the more enticing. For the first time in 2,000 years, tourists can walk where the emperor did through ...

Sea battles in the morning and gladiator fights in the afternoon with wild beasts magically appearing in the arena? A subterranean archaeologist investigates tunnels to see how the Colosseum could be ...