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 ...

Aqueducts are very impressive examples of the art of construction in the Roman Empire. Even today, they still provide us with new insights into aesthetic, practical, and technical aspects of ...

Peter Aicher is an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Southern Maine and one of the Roman experts who assisted NOVA in the making of the documentary, "Secrets of Lost Empires: Roman ...

Road construction in Limoges uncovered a ventilation shaft and underground tunnels built by the ancient Romans as an aqueduct. Photo from F. Devevey and Inrap During construction work in a city of ...

Beneath a public square in Athens lies an engineering marvel that has been dormant for centuries. A part of it passes under a cafe called Dexameni, yet most patrons are unaware of the history just ...

Right after their famous roads and imposing gladiatorial arenas, the ancient Romans are perhaps best known for their public baths and enduring aqueducts. New research sheds light on these structures ...

The Roman arch discovered in Zaragoza, part of a possible aqueduct. Credit: Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza Reurbanization work around Plaza de San Miguel and the Coso has brought to light a previously ...

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 ...

Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the University of Oxford, and the University of Innsbruck have deciphered the complex history of the ancient aqueduct system of Arles in ...

NOVA: The arcades are what come to mind as one of the signatures of the Roman Empire. Why did the Romans seem to have a love affair with arcades? AICHER: The aqueducts were largely a gravity system.