Roman buildings were engineered with hot mixed, self-healing concrete of quicklime and volcanic ash that strengthens in seawater.

ROME — For centuries, historians and architecture critics have been embarrassed by buildings like San Giorgio in Velabro. The exterior of the medieval church is inoffensive enough: trim portico, ...

A fountain 100 feet tall. A temple with columns the size of redwoods. The greatest early Christian church. This video explores some of the masterpieces of Roman architecture that were demolished for ...

The Roman Pantheon, Colosseum, and other landmarks each draw more than 7 million visitors per year. It’s only fair: For more than 2,000 years, the buildings have presented tangible evidence of the ...

Archaeologists excavating the ancient Roman city of Gabii have uncovered a massive stone-lined basin that may represent one ...

Excavations in the ancient Roman city Gabii have uncovered a water basin that could predate much of Roman monumental architecture. Experts believe the water basin could sit alongside another ...

“Every time I fight people, I think about walking into the Colosseum,” Adam Woolard, a model and boxer, told his fiancée, former Bachelorette Hannah Browne, in a viral TikTok. “It’s like, if this is a ...