As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and scientists now say those roads stretched 50% longer than previously ...

The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts. Those ...

“These Roman roads—both paved and unpaved—gave structure to massive cultural shifts that affected Western history for the ...

At its zenith in the second century AD, the Roman Empire encompassed more than 55 million inhabitants stretching from Britain to Egypt and Syria. While historians have long recognized that an ...

In regards to the basin, it likely had a ceremonial use, based on finds of pottery and oil lamps discovered very nearby.

A new interactive map reveals the Roman road network, linking Ancient Greece with the empire and shaping trade, travel, and ...

A forgotten rival of Ancient Rome has recently come into the spotlight for its impressive water basin, a testament to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — In the quest to build better for the future, some are looking for answers in the long-ago past. Ancient builders across the world created structures that are still standing today, ...

What can an ancient water basin discovered near Rome reveal about construction, engineering and water management techniques that may be useful today?

The British sculptor Antony Gormley and the Japanese architect Tadao Ando designed an installation evoking the ancient Roman ...