Excavators working in Pompeii’s Regio IX district have documented a Roman construction site that was still active when Mount ...

The journey begins in Cartagena, Spain, where the ancient Roman Theatre emerges from the hillside. Hidden beneath the city ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ROME (AP) — A project to build a high-tech, ...

Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the construction of buildings, bridges, and aqueducts, many of which are still ...

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A project to build a high-tech, lightweight stage inside the Roman Colosseum will allow visitors a central viewpoint from within the ancient structure “to see the majesty of the monument," Italy’s ...