Heron of Alexandria was an important ancient Greek inventor of mechanical devices whose inventions included the first steam ...

New research into an abandoned construction site in Pompeii has revealed the secrets of Roman cement manufacturing.

Peru is often defined by the mystical ruins of Machu Picchu, but the country holds far more archaeological treasures than ...

Frank Herbert’s Dune popularized windtraps as devices that harvest moisture from desert air, but real ancient Iran developed ...

Stonehenge has long fueled fringe claims about giants, giant skeletons, and even Tower of Babel origins. Modern believers ...

Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen in time by the eruption of Italy's ...

A remarkable archaeological discovery off the coast of Brittany, France, has unveiled a massive undersea wall dating back to around 5,000 BC. This ancient structure, measuring 120 meters in length, ...

Architects also praise rammed earth’s high thermal mass—insulative properties that regulate a building’s indoor temperature.

Archeologists say they have finally cracked the 6,000-year-old mystery of Armenia’s “dragon stones" – massive carved ...

On December 6, 2025, the inaugural ceremony of Smart Civil Infrastructures, an international academic journal sponsored by ...

Pompeii Archeological Park site map, with showing where the ancient building site is located, with colour coded piles of raw construction materials (right): purple: debris; green: piles of dry ...

On Monday 8 December, archaeologists discovered the wreck of a 2,000-year-old ancient Egyptian pleasure boat off the coast of ...