New research reveals how stepped terraces in ancient Sardis shaped early urban planning and influenced later monumental ...

The discovery is exciting not just for what it tells us about ancient engineering, but also for the new ways it shows us how ...

Ancient Roman roads were far more complex than their visible stone surfaces suggest. Engineers meticulously layered materials ...

Earliest dolomite plaster: Motza in Israel shows deliberate dolomite burning for lime plaster long before Roman use, revealing advanced high-temperature chemistry. Hidden timber structures: Beneath a ...

Mackinac Island banned cars over 120 years ago. This unique island floats in the straits between Michigan’s Upper and Lower ...

A new study on Syria's ancient Dead Cities reveals how Roman-Byzantine architecture shaped rural life nearly 1,500 years ago ...

A new study published in the Bulletin of the American Society of Overseas Research (BASOR) has revealed advanced construction techniques and sophisticated domestic layouts in the ancient village of ...

Having weathered nearly 1,500 years of time and exposure, the remains of Roman-Byzantine villages in Syria have been the ...

We hardly give them a second thought, but everyday objects like bags and backpacks belong to a long technological tradition that may stretch back hundreds of thousands of years.

The tablet known as Plimpton 322, dated to around 1800 BCE, contains 15 rows of numbers linked to Pythagorean triples ...