Aqueducts were costly public works, and not all Roman cities necessarily required them. Some cities, such as Pompeii, had their water needs met by wells or public and private cisterns dug beneath ...

A surge of rainwater into a Roman aqueduct brought muddy water spilling into the Italian capital’s iconic — and newly cleaned ...

Between parked cars in a suburban street in Athens, workers fix a pump to an ancient stone well that in turn accesses an ...

An ancient Roman aqueduct was uncovered during gas pipeline modernization near the Cologna Spiaggia cemetery in Italy’s Borsacchio Nature Reserve, Abruzzo. The structure, dating back 1600 to ...

What would Rome and the Roman Empire have been like without their aqueducts? What did these water bridges mean to their civilization? AICHER: The Romans could not have built cities as big as they ...

The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts.

An innovative manufacturing technique used by Romans has been found to be the key to their concrete lasting for over 2,000 ...

Aqueducts showed the importance Romans placed on cleanliness and hygiene. The design and construction of these structures illustrated an advanced level of engineering knowledge. Roman toilets had ...

Officials are tapping European Union money to help restore access to Hadrian’s Aqueduct, a 24km underground channel named after the Roman emperor who funded its construction in the year 140.