A recent study has shed new light on the vastness of the ancient Roman road network, revealing that it stretched far longer than previously estimated. This discovery, made possible through innovative ...
For centuries, the windows of the most luxurious villas of Pompeii, the baths of Emperor Caligula, and the greenhouses where ...
MIT scientists examined concrete samples from the archaeological site of Privernum, Italy (left) and mapped out the ingredients within (right). The red section is a calcium-rich lime clast. Courtesy ...
The Temple of Venus has stood in Baia, in southern Italy, for nearly 2,000 years. How has it remained upright? A research team, led by University of Naples Federico II’s Concetta Rispoli, has ...
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Archaeologists uncover rare 2,000-year-old staircase in Roman governor’s palace
In anticipation of the construction of a museum in Cologne, Germany, archaeologists discovered a ...
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Inside the Roman baths: Engineering, water supply, and the daily rituals of ancient Roman life
This in-depth historical overview explores Roman public baths as complex social, architectural, and engineering institutions. It explains how baths were designed around frigidaria, tepidaria, and ...
The Romans were master builders. Many of their works, from the Pantheon (pictured above) and the Colosseum in Rome itself, to the Pont du Gard in southern Gaul and the equally impressive aqueduct of ...
Episode that explains how Rome served as a model for the rest of the cities of the Empire and how a city was founded: the decision of its location, the rituals, the marking of its perimeter, the ...
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