Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

This equestrian statue of Constantine the Great has been the subject of criticism for centuries.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

Rome's first modern graffito is all that is left of a peaceful protest from the 1970s.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

This Byzantine Church was moved from Paris to Athens block by block.

A crushed gate and giant bronze head serve as a reminder of Greece's fight for freedom.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

The ruins of an ancient fortification wall sit in front of and underneath this boutique hotel.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.