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

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

Beneath the mosaic floors of Roman villas, an ingenious system of underfloor heating transformed warmth into a mark of power ...

In the archaeological site of the city of Gabii, just eighteen kilometers east of Rome, the earth has begun to reveal one of its best-kept secrets — a structure that compels a rewriting of the early ...

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, ...

Long before municipal water treatment plants and chlorination, ancient societies faced the same essential challenge we ...

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

Archaeologists led by University of Missouri professor Marcello Mogetta have uncovered a massive stone-lined water basin in the ancient Roman city of Gabii, just eleven miles east of Rome. Built ...

The ingenuity of the construction techniques used by Greek builders 2,000 years ago continues to dazzle the world. What did these ancient engineers get right? And how does looking to the past help ...