Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the ...

Ancient texts described a labyrinth greater than the pyramids, but it vanished from history. Now, modern scanning technology and scientific surveys suggest it may still be buried beneath the desert.

Researchers reconstructed the genetic and social structure of a Protoapennine community from Bronze Age Italy using ancient ...

Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

Long dismissed as poor construction, ‘self-healing’ lime clasts have helped Ancient Roman structures persist for millennia.

From the iconic Colosseum in Rome to Hadrian’s Wall all the way in England, there’s one question most people must ask ...

Archaeologists uncovered a Pompeii project that reveals how ancient Romans used hot-mixing technology to create durable ...

New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering ...

Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence yet of fire technology — and it was created by Neanderthals in England more ...

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

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

Heat-reddened clay, fire-cracked stone, and fragments of pyrite mark where Neanderthals gathered around a campfire 400,000 ...