From a small city-state on the Tiber, Rome grew into a vast empire spanning Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Its ...

The recycled buildings of Rome, long dismissed by architects, are getting a reappraisal as a model for how to reduce waste while creating something fresh. ROME — For centuries, historians and ...

The mythical Romulus and Remus may get the credit, but Rome's archaeology reveals that local tribes established the ancient kingdom. A mosaic on the floor of Vittorio Emanuele Gallery is one of many ...

Trump orders new federal buildings to follow ancient Greek and Roman architecture, linking modern US design to classical ...

The Domus Aurea, Nero's last "palace" constructed in the very heart of ancient Rome, is a true masterpiece of Roman architecture. We explore here symbolic aspects of the emperor's project, analyzing ...

Concrete is an incredibly useful and versatile building material on which not only today’s societies, but also the ancient Roman Empire was built. To this day Roman concrete structures can be found in ...

During construction of a heating network in a France town, researchers discovered ancient Roman architecture. French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research Toul, a city in ...

Vol. 66, No. 1/2, House and Home in the Southern Levant (Mar. - Jun., 2003), pp. 44-57 (14 pages) Since the early 1970s, the Golan has become one of the most archaeologically studied areas in the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Sometimes we forget just how vast the Roman Empire once was throughout the Mediterranean. Roman ruins are usually associated with present-day ...