Michelangelo, perhaps the greatest artist the world has produced, wasn't a child prodigy like Mozart. He learned on the job. So maybe there's still hope for the rest of us.

Buon fresco, perhaps the best-known kind of wall painting, is the result of a chemical reaction turning paint and wet plaster into a single, solid surface.

Clues have emerged in a very cold case: the Copper Age killing of Ötzi the Iceman. What do we know about this well-preserved mummy?

Thai-Italian fusion is massively popular in Thailand. How did pizza and pasta make their way into Thai cuisine?

The intimate historical connection between Italy and Libya. 

A comparison of the different ways European countries welcome refugees suggest that a combination of methods works best.

Migrant workers and "moral economy"

The politically-influenced redesign of the famed towers of San Gimigano.

As President Obama prepares to move forward on immigration reform, the debate over the role of immigrants in US society is ramping up.