Italian authorities have recovered precious 3rd century B.C. artifacts from an Etruscan necropolis looted by a couple of bungling tomb raiders in Umbria who stumbled across the haul on their land.

Italian authorities have announced the seizure of an illegal excavation of an Etruscan burial site in the central Umbria region

Ancient artefacts worth at least €8m (£6.7m) have been recovered after being stolen by "tomb raiders" who accidentally found them on their land in Italy. The pieces included eight urns, sarcophagi and beauty accessories such as a bronze mirror and a perfume bottle which still smelled of its scent.

Italy’s center-left won back the central Italian region of Umbria in local elections in a blow for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s coalition. The center-left candidate Stefania Proietti, an engineer and current mayor of Assisi, won over the right-wing ...

Italy's centre-left Democratic Party (PD) and its disparate allies kept control of the wealthy northern region of Emilia-Romagna and eyed a possible upset in neighbouring Umbria, results from local elections showed on Monday.