Built between 104 and 106 AD under Emperor Trajan, the Alcántara Bridge in Spain remains a testament to Roman engineering. With a load-bearing capacity of 52 metric tons, it could theoretically ...

Clayton County has put the kibosh on a proposed futuristic $800 million mixed-use development amid growing concerns about the contractor’s ability to finance the project and numerous missed deadlines ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Arch of Caligula at the archaeological site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by Mount Vesuvius' eruption in AD 79.

Rome's plans for expanded Metro lines have been running into snags for years -- most notably, construction for Metro C has been stopped constantly for almost a decade for new archaeological findings, ...

Archaeologists undertaking excavations on Insula 10 (Regio IX)—a central area of the city of Pompeii—have discovered an ancient Roman construction site. The discovery is significant for our ...

Archaeologists excavating the site of Pompeii have uncovered an ancient building site, revealing Roman construction techniques used by builders at the time, according to the Italian Ministry of ...

Construction workers expanding a section of road north of London needed to pause their project after uncovering an unexpected find—a small Roman cemetery dating back roughly 1,500 years. Excavating ...