Restoration work on the Rusovce Mansion in the capital of Slovakia has unearthed remnants of ancient Roman and medieval structures, including, most remarkably, the first known Roman aqueduct in the ...

Archaeologists at Bournemouth University have uncovered new details about the Roman aqueduct near Dorchester, revealing it was two kilometers longer than previously thought. The aqueduct is one of the ...

There is no polity more storied in the west than the Roman Empire, but could its fall have really been caused by its choice of plumbing material?

The Aqua Marcia was the longest of Rome’s aqueducts, running nearly 60 miles from its source in the countryside to the heart of the city. It was built between 144 and 140 B.C. by Julius Caesar’s ...

The expansion of one of the Mediterranean’s strongest powers wasn’t only driven by conquest, but also infrastructure. By ...

Pompeii’s public bathing pools were filled with sweat, skin oil, urine and other bodily fluids from visitors until a Roman ...

Forty years ago, when children in Naples were playing in caves and tunnels under the hill of Posillipo in Italy, they didn't know their playground was actually a Roman aqueduct. When they shared their ...

Greek archaeologists recently uncovered a trove of ancient artifacts while exploring the lost city of Tenea, which legend suggests was built some 3,000 years ago by Trojan prisoners of war. More than ...

2,100 feet of the aqueduct has been explored, the longest portion of the Aqua Augusta known to researchers. The Cocceius Association Decades ago, children would play in the caves and tunnels under the ...

ROME (Reuters Life!) - Two British film-makers believe they have solved a mystery that has foxed archaeologists for centuries: the source of a 1,900-year-old aqueduct which supplied the ancient city ...

The Aqua Marcia was the longest of the city’s aqueducts, running nearly 60 miles from the countryside to the heart of ancient Rome. We followed its course, above and below ground. The stone arches ...