Routine excavations revealed much more than the researchers ever expected.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

In the heart of the ancient Roman city of Gabii, located just 11 miles east of Rome, a team of archaeologists led by University of Missouri professor Marcello Mogetta has made a remarkable discovery: ...

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 ...

Greece has restored three major Roman-era monuments at Ancient Olympia, revealing later chapters in the sanctuary’s long ...

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 ...

Both in schoolbooks and popular imagination, 476 AD stands like a sword stroke: the year Romulus Augustulus, the teenage ...