Cicero, a Roman who wrote about life in Rome ... most people had never seen stone arches before and their version of an aqueduct- before the Romans arrived - was a channel on the ground.

Among the very few sources to shed light on how aqueducts were built is a Roman funerary monument found at the city of Bejaïa in Algeria. This commemorates the life of one Nonius Datus ...

Covered trenches and tunnels are also less disruptive to life on the surface than are walls and arcades, which divide neighborhoods and farmers' fields. Sometimes, aqueduct engineers should carve ...

We asked Aicher, author of "Guide to the Aqueducts of Ancient Rome," about the Romans' sophisticated water distribution system, including its elegant aqueducts. Here's what he told us: NOVA ...

Researchers in Spain looking to develop a fresh approach to finding long-lost aqueducts have turned to ... where it would have been unthinkable before.” The team chose Afghanistan’s Maiwand ...