This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

The "Greatest Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

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

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

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

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.