For years, families walked their dogs and children kicked footballs across an unremarkable patch of grass, unaware that an ...

Construction workers expanding a section of road north of London needed to pause their project after uncovering an unexpected find—a small Roman cemetery dating back roughly 1,500 years. Excavating ...

Pompeii Discovery Rewrites the Story of Roman Concrete and Its Self-Healing Power ...

Archaeologists undertaking excavations on Insula 10 (Regio IX)—a central area of the city of Pompeii—have discovered an ancient Roman construction site. The discovery is significant for our ...

''This explains why they (the ancient Romans) were able to build these great amphitheaters, aqueducts, and works that we see all over the ancient Mediterranean. So, the small city of Pompeii helps us ...

Archaeologists excavating the site of Pompeii have uncovered an ancient building site, revealing Roman construction techniques used by builders at the time, according to the Italian Ministry of ...

Clayton County has put the kibosh on a proposed futuristic $800 million mixed-use development amid growing concerns about the contractor’s ability to finance the project and numerous missed deadlines ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered an ancient construction site shedding light on Roman building methods reminiscent of iconic structures such as the Colosseum and the Pantheon, announced ...

Construction workers came across an "exceptionally preserved" marble statue during a job in the city of Varna in Bulgaria. The Varna Regional Museum of History announced the find in a Facebook post on ...

Archaeologists in England have discovered a “fantastic” Roman mosaic on land earmarked for a supermarket, suggesting a villa once occupied the site. A team of experts from Oxford Archaeology were ...

An “incredibly rare” Roman mausoleum has been discovered beneath a south London construction site, archaeologists have said. A team from Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) made the find in Southwark, ...