It used to look very different - as this handy map of modern-day Italy in the year 1700 shows us. Public domain/Wikimedia commons. To get an idea of the kind of variations Italy's modern-day residents ...

Sifting through the stony dirt of southern Italy, a team of archaeologists expected to find some ancient Roman ruins, but the 1,700-year-old burial ground that reemerged hid a few surprises.

Sifting through the stony dirt of southern Italy, a team of archaeologists expected to find some ancient Roman ruins, but the 1,700-year-old burial ground that reemerged hid a few surprises.