NEW YORK (AP) — In the quest to build better for the future, some are looking for answers in the long-ago past. Ancient builders across the world created structures that are still standing today, ...

Explore 25 Ancient Engineering Feats that still baffle modern architects. From pyramids to precise stone walls, uncover how ...

Archaeologists excavating the site of Pompeii have uncovered an ancient building site, revealing Roman construction techniques used by builders at the time, according to the Italian Ministry of ...

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Archaeologists recently uncovered multistory buildings from a lost Egyptian city in the Nile Delta, fostering new insights into urban life in antiquity. The ruins of the city – known in ancient times ...

The recycled buildings of Rome, long dismissed by architects, are getting a reappraisal as a model for how to reduce waste while creating something fresh. ROME — For centuries, historians and ...

The appearance of Sirius in the pre-dawn sky became associated in several ancient societies with the hottest part of the year. In Egypt, it also signalled the approaching Nile flood, while Greek and ...

A centuries-old technique for constructing arched stone windows has inspired a new way to form tailored nanoscale windows in porous functional materials called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). The ...

New finds at ancient Thouria, including an Artemis statuette and a 117 meter wall, reveal more of this ancient Greek city in ...