Roman concrete is pretty amazing stuff. It's among the main reasons we know so much about Roman architecture today. So many ...

There were many ways in which the elites of ancient Roman society flaunted their wealth. They built vast villas, sponsored ...

On this week’s “More To The Story,” art historian Erin Thompson examines the ways societies build and destroy monuments—and why Trump is so focused on remaking Washington in his own image.

Long dismissed as poor construction, ‘self-healing’ lime clasts have helped Ancient Roman structures persist for millennia.

The presentation in the Italian capital last Friday, in the presence of the Minister of Culture, Alessandro Giuli, of a marble head more than twenty-five hundred years old, has revealed an unexpected ...

MIT researchers analyzed an ancient Pompeii construction site to determine how the ancient Romans produced concrete that ...

Archaeologists uncover a 2,500-year-old Greek statue in the Etruscan city of Vulci, revealing rare artistic links between ...

A construction site dating back nearly 2,000 years to the putative demise of Pompeii in 79 CE has revealed new evidence for ...

Experience Rome from an entirely new perspective with this relaxing tour along the Tiber River. Glide past ancient bridges, ...

A sinkhole appeared on the Piazza della Rotonda after 40 pieces of its travertine marble cobblestones suddenly gave way.

Less than a century after it was rediscovered, National Geographic's correspondent explored the ruins of Petra and found its ...

Straddling the Rhine River and offering a glorious blend of Swiss, German and French culture, this city satisfies history ...