Seeing the north coast of Peru for the first time, you would be hard-pressed to believe it's one of the driest deserts in the ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, Lugdunum (Lyon) was mainly located on the hill of Fourvière. In order to provide drinking water to the entire city, four aqueducts transported water from the nearby mountain ...

Parts of the region receive less than an inch of rain in an entire year. Yet, water and greenery are everywhere. This is the nation’s agro-industrial heartland, and, thanks to irrigation canals, ...

The Italian luxury house led by Silvia Venturini Fendi is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. With a history shaped ...

Excavations at Rusovce Castle, Slovakia, have uncovered a Roman aqueduct. Credit: Trnavská univerzita v Trnave The restoration work on Rusovce Castle, a neo-Gothic gem located in a district of ...

During recent renovation works at the Rusovce Manor House near Bratislava, Slovakia, archaeologists uncovered a remarkable 1,800-year-old Roman aqueduct just two-and-a-half feet beneath the ground.

Wooden doors on an adjacent street lead to the maneuvering chambers that control the fountain's water supply, coming from the Aqua Virgo — an ancient Roman aqueduct 16 kilometers (10 miles ...

Wooden doors on an adjacent street lead to the maneuvering chambers that control the fountain's water supply, coming from the Aqua Virgo — an ancient Roman aqueduct 16 kilometers (10 miles) away. Two ...

University of Trnava During a recent excavation on the grounds of a mansion in Slovakia, researchers discovered something remarkable: a Roman aqueduct—the first one ever found in the country.

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology.

But during recent renovation works at the historical structure, they were surprised to find something much older — a second-century Roman aqueduct. Buried for centuries — and thus well-preserved — the ...