The Roman Colosseum is one step closer to having a floor, which will let visitors see the ancient amphitheater from a gladiator's vantage point for the first time in two centuries. The famed ...

Then it fell into disrepair. Now, nearly 2,000 years after it was built, the Colosseum is getting a new high-tech floor. Made of carbon fiber covered in sustainable wood, it promises to give ...

In fact, sector numbers remain on many of the Colosseum’s ground floor arches—that’s how ticket-holders knew which entrance to use. But not all seats were created equal. Seating at the ...

Similarly, you can buy tickets to the “Underground” (or “Dungeon”) portion of the Colosseum, which is below the arena floor. Some tours package both the Floor and Underground together and ...

Visitors to the Colosseum today are privileged to see its ... animals and underground pulleys to raise the beasts to the arena floor. Those and other areas were buried until the late 19th century ...

Men working on the replica of the elevator that took wild animals to the Roman Colosseum floor. © ANGELO CARCONI/epa/Corbis A replica of the elevator that took wild ...

In May 2021, NPR reported that the Colosseum planned to open a floor-level attraction by 2023. The attraction would allow visitors to enter the arena on a retractable floor and get a gladiator's view.

The Italian government announced plans to give Rome’s ancient Colosseum a new floor. The construction would allow future visitors to stand where gladiators once stood. An Italian engineering ...

During the four centuries that the Romans used the Colosseum, the hypogeum, or network of underground tunnels beneath the arena floor, resembled a “huge sailing ship,” wrote Tom Mueller for ...