The ancient Tunnel of Eupalinos on the island of Samos, Greece is considered a marvel of engineering and craftsmanship.

Berenike was an isolated, windswept outpost. It linked the Roman Empire to the trade routes of India, Arabia, and East Africa ...

If you feel a thrill every time we discover something new about the cosmos, then November 25th may have been a noteworthy day ...

Roman concrete is often hailed as a major engineering feat. It has allowed the Empire’s monumental structures to remain ...

Scientists excavating the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have unearthed a construction site preserved exactly as it was when ...

In collaboration with scientists in Germany, EPFL researchers have demonstrated that the spiral geometry of tiny, twisted ...

Aerial view of the temple of Venus located in the archaeological park of Baia, a hamlet of Bacoli, in the metropolitan city of Naples, in Campania, Italy. It was an octagonal thermal building, with ...

Other Roman emperors met far more bloody ends than the cheese-loving Antoninus. Nero committed suicide; Galba was murdered by his bodyguards, the praetorians; and Geta was murdered by his brother ...

For nearly two millennia, a library entombed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius remained silent. Among its shelves—now carbonized into fragile, inky cylinders—lay a scroll so blackened it appeared ...

More than half a century after forming, roots-rock stalwarts Little Feat have announced the start of their final tour. The Last Farewell Tour kicks off in April with shows across the southern United ...

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Secretary Mike Carroll and local officials held a press conference on Wednesday to highlight the department's various projects from the 2025 season and to ...