Construction Workers Stumble on Rich Roman Pottery and Human Remains in an Underground Substation A routine engineering ...

Learn what this Roman emperor's secret garden meant to Roman society and why the discovery speaks to ancient Roman life.

"The imagination races when thinking about what the Romans may have used it for. Magic, rituals or religion — we perhaps may ...

from lining walls to serve as a fire retardant for Mesopotamians to a plaster popular for use in the construction of pyramids by the ancient Egyptians. And, apparently, for the Romans covering ...

Engineers were carrying out work to improve electricity supplies when they uncovered remnants of Roman and medieval history.