Excavations of an ancient construction site in Pompeii have revealed the process of how Romans mixed their self-healing ...
Experience the grandeur of the Arena di Verona from the sky, capturing its ancient Roman architecture, iconic elliptical arches, and the bustling Piazza Bra below. This aerial footage showcases one of ...
In a city filled to the brim with iconic buildings of both the ancient and not-so-ancient variety, the Colosseum of Rome stands apart from the rest. The ancient stadium, an arched, elliptical arena, ...
Scientists have uncovered a construction site frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD at Pompeii, revealing the secrets of Roman 'hot mixing' concrete. This self-healing material, ...
A number of videos and images created by artificial intelligence that claim to accurately depict ancient Rome have been ...
Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the ...
Pompeii Archeological Park site map, with showing where the ancient building site is located, with colour coded piles of raw construction materials (right): purple: debris; green: piles of dry ...
From Brunelleschi’s ingenious design of the dome crowning the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, to the vast ceiling of the Sistine Chapel decorated with Michelangelo’s staggering frescoes, ...
Editor's note: The Architects’ Alphabet is a 26-part series describing design elements featured in Gregory J. Scott’s recently published book, “Urban Legend, The Life & Legacy of C. Emlen Urban,” ...