Archaeologists recently discovered a massive 2,000-year-old stone basin in ancient Gabii, Italy, revealing early Roman public architecture from Rome's powerful rival city.

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

They conquered half the world — but their greatest victories were made of stone, steel, and science. In this journey through ...

The carriage workshop, which also had evidence of fixing horseshoes, was situated along the well-traveled Via Claudia Augusta and offered services to travelers in the first century C.E.

When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object's owner authorized ...

Construction work and related archaeological endeavors in the German Upper Bavarian district of Eichstätt has revealed the foundations of a Roman tumulus, or burial mound. Structures like these are ...

“We hadn’t expected to discover a funerary monument of this age and size here,” said Prof. Mathias Pfeil, curator general of the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation. “The tomb was both a ...

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