A small cobblestone street between Second and Front streets in Old City appears nearly unchanged since its beginnings in the ...

New love notes found on a Pompeii wall reveal personal messages, sketches, and confessions hidden for centuries.

We might think that everything that is to be discovered from our historical past has been discovered by hard working ...

The eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 was the gravest natural disaster to strike Italy during the peak of the Roman Empire, killing more than a thousand people in nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pliny ...

Researchers excavate site of ancient construction project Piles of premixed material for concrete are discovered Findings point to the use of a method called 'hot mixing' The site represents a ...

A newly excavated, ancient construction site at Pompeii, frozen in time after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, has allowed archaeologists to finally determine the methods used to make Roman concrete.

Ancient Romans built arched bridges, waterproof port infrastructure and aqueducts that enabled the rise of their empire and that are still standing—and often still used. They did so with a type of ...

The city’s Department of Transportation, Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Design and Construction recently joined local elected officials and the DUMBO Business Improvement ...

POMPEII, Italy, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Pompeii's ancient Roman frescoes, shattered and buried for centuries, could get a second life thanks to a pioneering robotic system designed to support ...

Hollywood Exiles: Which American Stars Have Moved to Europe in Recent Years? Over the past couple of years, more than a few American celebrities have decided that Europe isn’t just for vacations — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The discovery in the so-called 'street food' area of the ancient city of Vesuvius is evidence of its links with Eastern cultural ...

Meet the specialty bricklayers helping to preserve a quaint remnant of New York City’s early days. Meet the specialty bricklayers helping to preserve a quaint remnant of New York City’s early days.