The fall of the Roman Empire remains one of the most intriguing and widely studied events in human history. While traditional ...

Apollodorus of Damascus, the Greek architectural genius who built Emperor Trajan’s Rome, from his Column to the longest ...

What can concrete made during the Roman Empire help modern engineering develop more efficient concrete? This is what a recent ...

The ancient Roman architect Vitruvius defined the principles of strength, utility, and beauty with his monumental work, 'De ...

Archaeologists are excavating a Roman-era watchtower in Croatia that was "built in a strategic location" on the banks of the ...

Ancient Roman concrete, which was used to build aqueducts, bridges, and buildings across the empire, has endured for over two ...

According to an international team of environmental engineers, Roman concrete mixtures would need to outlive modern ...

Archaeologists working at a site in Spain say they have uncovered evidence of what may have been a synagogue used by a ...

Built as a church and repurposed during its 1,500‑year history as a mosque, a museum and now a mosque once more, the Hagia ...

My Peru adventures started out in Lima, the capital of Peru and the city where my mother was born and raised. I was there for ...

With the capital's reservoirs approaching historic lows, officials are turning to ancient engineering to conserve potable ...

The growing battle over how to manage sea level rise turns partly on a legal principle set down in Roman times.