Built in the first century, the aqueduct of Segovia – now a UNESCO World Heritage Site alongside Segovia's historic centre – delivered mountain water to the city for almost 2,000 years.

Archaeologists working at a site in Spain say they have uncovered evidence of what may have been a synagogue used by a ...

Beneath a public square in Athens lies an engineering marvel that has been dormant for centuries. A part of it passes under a ...

Athens is reviving a 2,000-year-old Roman aqueduct: 'the miracle is that it still works' Engineers believe Hadrian’s Aqueduct, which was constructed in the second century, can help the city ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Giorgos Sachinis, director of strategy and innovation at Athens Water Supply and Sewage Company, about plans to revive an ancient aqueduct built by the Romans.

Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the University of Oxford, and the University of Innsbruck have deciphered the complex history of the ancient aqueduct system of Arles in ...

When most people think of UNESCO sites in Spain, their minds usually jump to the Alhambra or Gaudí's masterpieces in Barcelona. And while they're undoubtedly must-sees, they're just the start of the ...

Though I took steps to avoid tourists when I visited the Colosseum, I found it was too crowded to enjoy Rome's iconic attraction.

The destruction of this U.K. tree prompted outrage—and now, prison sentences A lone tree growing along an ancient Roman wall was a beloved fixture in the landscape. Why did the Sycamore Gap tree ...