Restoration work on the Rusovce Mansion in the capital of Slovakia has unearthed remnants of ancient Roman and medieval structures, including, most remarkably, the first known Roman aqueduct in the ...

Aqueducts are very impressive examples of the art of construction in the Roman Empire. Even today, they still provide new insights into aesthetic, practical and technical aspects of construction and ...

Ancient aqueducts remain some of the most impressive engineering achievements ever built because they solved enormous logistical problems without modern machinery or technology. Civilizations like the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists at Bournemouth University have uncovered new details about the Roman aqueduct near Dorchester, revealing it was two ...

Forty years ago, when children in Naples were playing in caves and tunnels under the hill of Posillipo in Italy, they didn't know their playground was actually a Roman aqueduct. When they shared their ...

The Segovia aqueduct was a statement of intent from Rome to its conquered subjects in Hispania. After two centuries of conflict, Augustus finally succeeded in annexing the Iberian Peninsula to the ...

Ancient masters of engineering, aqueduct builders created a vast network of pipes, channels, and bridges to bring water to Rome, creating in the process an enduring symbol of Roman civilization and ...

While 21st century water companies struggle to maintain clean, fresh supplies, new research from an international team led by Oxford geoarchaeologist Dr. Güel Sürmelihindi, reveals that, some 2,000 ...

Archeologists have discovered the easternmost Roman aqueduct in the ancient world in Armenia. The aqueduct was unfinished, and likely the product of a brief period in the second century CE of direct ...

A water engineer should use a surveying instrument called a chorobates to project a gently sloping line that connects the water source to the city. This way, engineers can figure out where the water ...

Aqueducts are very impressive examples of the art of construction in the Roman Empire. Even today, they still provide us with new insights into aesthetic, practical, and technical aspects of ...

Archaeologists from the University of Münster and the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia have discovered remains of a Roman arched aqueduct during excavation work on the ...