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 ...

How often do you think about the Roman Empire when trying to solve modern-day problems? In Athens, the reservoirs that supply water to the city are at historic lows due to drought, heat waves and ...

Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the University of Oxford, and the University of Innsbruck have deciphered the complex history of the ancient aqueduct system of Arles in ...

ROME – Grooves from the wheels of chariots passing on the Appian Way are worn into stones laid 312 years before Christ was born. You can still see the parallel marks today, not far from the remains of ...

Ari Daniel - Host, "There's More to That" Tourism is surging in many places around the world—swarmed national parks, throngs of visitors amassing in churches and museums, and sidewalk cafes ...

A journey down the Colorado River reveals the ripple effects of humanity’s quest to conquer water. Shane Campbell-Staton travels from ancient aqueducts to modern mega-dams, following our age-old quest ...

“Watch out for that bat behind you,” warned Luca Messina, a civil engineer who moonlights as a speleo-archaeologist with Sotterranei di Roma, Undergrounds of Rome, a local group whose members explore ...

An underground labyrinth city and aqueduct were recently unearthed in the ancient town of Abarkuh in Yazd Province, Iran.

Aqueducts are a source of water for urban populations and a staple of Roman culture. This is how to build Aqueducts in Anno ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Giorgos Sachinis, director of strategy and innovation at Athens Water Supply and Sewage Company, about plans to revive an ancient aqueduct built by the Romans. KUOW is ...