Sydney, like many other Australian cities, has a long history of urban farming. Market gardens, oyster fisheries and wineries ...

Backers of the project originally requested the ability to use more than 100 million gallons of water a year, emails show.

Archaeologists uncovered a Pompeii project that reveals how ancient Romans used hot-mixing technology to create durable ...

A remarkably intact pottery vessel dating back more than 10,000 years has been recovered from the depths of Lake Biwa, Japan, marking one of the oldest and most significant ceramic discoveries in ...

Frank Herbert’s Dune popularized windtraps as devices that harvest moisture from desert air, but real ancient Iran developed ...

Roman concrete has stood the test of time, and new research finally reveals why this ancient material is so durable.

Roman concrete is pretty amazing stuff. It's among the main reasons we know so much about Roman architecture today. So many ...

SCIENTISTS excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen in time by the eruption of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius volcano in 79 AD, clarifying the ingredients and methods ...

A preserved construction site at Pompeii is reshaping modern understanding of how Rome engineered its famously durable concrete.

Long dismissed as poor construction, ‘self-healing’ lime clasts have helped Ancient Roman structures persist for millennia.

Koshary – a spicy dish of lentils, rice and pasta available at countless Egyptian food stalls – won recognition as a cultural treasure from the UN's cultural agency on Wednesday, as Cairo makes a ...