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

A newly discovered monumental basin in Gabii hints at how early Romans experimented with city planning long before Rome’s own layers were buried. In the center of the ancient city of Gabii, just 11 ...

The city of Rome is still fed by pipes and aqueducts designed over two thousand years ago. They were built during the Roman Empire to bring water from nearby mountains. Engineers ensured the supply ...

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

“Roman Architecture: A Visual Guide” is an illustrated introduction to the great buildings and engineering marvels of Rome and its empire. Published as a companion volume to Diana E. E. Kleiner’s ...

The mayor of Rome, Ignazio Marino, made a splash when he first took office last August: He proposed to tear down the Via dei Fori Imperiale, the four-lane boulevard that cuts right through the heart ...

In the heart of the ancient Roman city of Gabii, located just 11 miles east of Rome, archaeologists discovered the remains of a massive stone-lined basin, partly carved directly into the bedrock.

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Beaux-Arts architecture was tailor made for the Gilded Age: It’s big, showy, opulent and gleaming, with many of its features carved from high-end materials like marble, limestone and granite. But how ...