MIT researchers have made a significant breakthrough in understanding why ancient Roman concrete structures have endured for millennia. By analysing a newly uncovered construction site in Pompeii, the ...

Archaeologists excavating the site of Pompeii have uncovered an ancient building site, revealing Roman construction techniques used by builders at the time, according to the Italian Ministry of ...

Ancient Rome was filled with monumental buildings, but some of its greatest achievements are barely remembered today. Among them were the largest temples ever built in the Roman world. Massive ...

Ancient Roman concrete, which was used to build aqueducts, bridges, and buildings across the empire, has endured for over two thousand years. In a study publishing July 25 in the Cell Press journal ...

ROME — How do we understand the antiquity of a place? It can often be measured in strata — the mound of Hisarlik, the site of ancient Troy, has more than 40 distinct layers of habitation, which means ...

View post: Nancy Guthrie Update: Trial Date Set With Ransom Suspect A new discovery has answered age-old questions about a Roman bathing complex. Serpent imagery and a dedicatory altar confirmed the ...

Restoration work on the Rusovce Mansion in the capital of Slovakia has unearthed remnants of ancient Roman and medieval structures, including, most remarkably, the first known Roman aqueduct in the ...

In a city filled to the brim with iconic buildings of both the ancient and not-so-ancient variety, the Colosseum of Rome stands apart from the rest. The ancient stadium, an arched, elliptical arena, ...

Archaeologists excavating an ancient Roman settlement in the United Kingdom found an oven used for making construction materials, photos show. Photo from Cotswold Archaeology Sifting through the damp ...

Ancient Rome was full of master builders and engineers. The fruits of their labors can still be seen in the aqueducts they built—which still function to this day—as well as the Pantheon, a nearly ...

The program offers an exclusive look at the urban development of Rome through the ages, with a particular focus on ancient Rome: building materials, topography, projects of urban renewal and expansion ...

Buried under a school in Italy, ancient Roman structures were revealed. Screengrab from Superintendent of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the city of Reggio Calabria's Facebook post In ...