Olive oil is the Swiss army knife of foodstuffs. It can dress salads, sauté vegetables, even grease squeaky hinges. And for ...

Researchers exploring Bolivia’s Great Tectonic Lakes discovered a landscape transformed over centuries by sophisticated engineering and diverse agricultural traditions. Excavations show how Indigenous ...

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On Native American Heritage Day, we examine a long-overlooked marvel of ancient engineering that had been tucked away beneath ...

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 ...

Discover the remarkable engineering feats behind the creation of Venice, the legendary lagoon city. This video delves into ...

From the Library of Alexandria to the lost works of Plato, the world is littered with ancient writings containing long-lost ...

A new study shows how the Roman Temple of Venus in volcanic Italy survived 2,000 years with advanced mortars, bricks, and volcanic materials.

Archaeologists have completed the first comprehensive technological mapping of an intricate underground tunnel system beneath the ancient Etruscan city of Veii, revealing a sophisticated network of ...

Public Works is replacing four 45-year-old “giant screws” – aka the “Archimedes screw” – that carry sewage over 30 feet ...

A fragment of a Roman milestone that was erected along the road Via Nova Traiana in Jordan. (Adam Pazout/Itiner-e) WASHINGTON — As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and those roads ...

All roads may have once led to Rome — but those roads stretched 50% longer than previously known, according to a new digital atlas published this week. The study, called Itiner-e, mapped nearly ...