Excavations of an ancient construction site in Pompeii have revealed the process of how Romans mixed their self-healing ...

Travel throughout much of Europe today and you’ll find traces of the Roman Empire everywhere. Amphitheaters, aqueducts, walls, bridges, forts and other structures built centuries ago are still ...

''This explains why they (the ancient Romans) were able to build these great amphitheaters, aqueducts, and works that we see all over the ancient Mediterranean. So, the small city of Pompeii helps us ...

The Romans oversaw one of the largest and most important empires in history – these are the most extraordinary treasures they ...

A unique archaeological site at Pompeii, Italy, reveals the secrets of peculiarly durable Roman building materials.

Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome’s storied architectural revolution as well as the construction of buildings, bridges, and aqueducts, many of which are still ...

During a construction project in Rome, crews found a 2,000-year-old terraced riverbank structure that likely belonged to the Roman emperor Caligula. The ruins, which overlooked the bank of the Tiber ...

An ancient Pompeii wall at a newly excavated site, where Associate Professor Admir Masic applied compositional analysis (overlayed to right) to understand how ancient Romans made concrete that has ...

Restoration work on a centuries-old canal in Wales revealed what’s believed to be an ancient Roman bathing complex. Restoration work on a centuries-old canal in Wales has been halted after ...