Robert Rich, Peter Rich Architects In a basement workshop, John Ochsendorf stands beneath a thin layer of bricks mortared into a sinuous overhead arch that ... of ancient Roman buildings, such ...

Flying buttresses act the same way ancient Roman columns did, countering the horizontal force of the arch. They also provide for more ground area underneath: more worshippers could fit into a church ...

Finished in 315 C.E., the Arch of Constantine is one of Rome’s three surviving ancient triumphal arches, each erected to honor a person or event. This arch commemorates Constantine I’s 312 ...

Ancient masters of engineering ... Arches: Bridges could have two or—less commonly—as many as three tiers of arches. Roman engineers opted for narrow arches, which provided maximum strength.

The Arch of Titus is one of the most magnificent ancient monuments surviving in Rome and offers a fascinating insight into ...

Although the team obviously can’t tie zircon minerals to the Roman Empire’s collapse, their lengthy migration inside frozen ...

Archaeologists launch a project to analyze 4,000 Roman bricks from Trier, Germany, revealing insights into ancient building ...

as workers on site with cranes gather up fragments and secure broken areas of the arch after lightning struck it during a storm Tuesday, Sept. 3, loosening fragments from the ancient Roman structure.

We asked Aicher, author of "Guide to the Aqueducts of Ancient Rome," about the Romans' sophisticated ... When you build arches, it's like advertising to the enemy: Here is our aqueduct.

Situated in the Rhone valley, the ancient theatre of Orange, with its 103-m-long facade, is one of the best preserved of all the great Roman theatres. Built between A.D. 10 and 25, the Roman arch is ...