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

By Will Dunham Dec 9 (Reuters) - Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen ...

Yet, everything changed when archaeologists uncovered a remarkably preserved construction site in Pompeii. Buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, the site had retained raw material piles, ...

The discovery site at East Farm, Barnham, England lies hidden within a disused clay pit tucked away in the wooded landscape between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. Professor Nick Ashton from the British ...

Wilson said the class’s development of combining physical skills and critical thinking allows students to develop their ...

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

After more than a century of speculation, researchers have traced the likely origins of the legendary Hjortspring boat through chemical analysis of its construction materials and the discovery of an ...

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

A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...

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

Scene of Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 CE contains a construction site where unfinished walls, dry materials and tools have ...

The Hjortspring boat carried warriors on an attempted attack of a Danish island over 2,000 years ago. Archaeologists have new ...