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A 1,700-year-old Roman Bath with underfloor heating system was discovered in Elazığ, Turkey, shows the ingenuity of Roman ...
Roman engineering was synonymous with grandeur and innovation, creating awe-inspiring structures that shaped the empire.
Enrique Del Rey Castillo has spent years testing how local materials can serve as sustainable alternatives. Scientist makes ...
Archaeology & History Oh, Well! Failed Ancient Roman Engineering Project Uncovered in the U.K. The remains of two wells were discovered, the older one of which had collapsed.
Archaeology & History Huge! A Roman Engineering Marvel Reaching Across a Spanish City Made from more than 20,000 blocks of granite, the aqueduct doesn't use mortar.
In a new study, researchers found a key ingredient in durable Roman concrete that could make today's buildings last longer.
As the saying goes, all roads lead to Rome. And as the construction industry grapples with concrete’s climate problem, some engineers think a technology dating back to Roman times might hold the ...
Roman work of another sort has survived the centuries, too. “De Architectura” is a ten-book series by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, an engineer and architect of the first century BC, who is ...
The division between "science" and "engineering" that leads physicists to look down at engineers is ultimately pretty arbitrary.
That "sometimes" is doing a lot of work there and feels like a bit of journalistic license, because even an interested tourist level knowledge of the scope of Roman hydraulic engineering in e.g ...