A tourist to Italy is has been accused of trying to smuggle home a piece of the Colosseum as a souvenir. The man, reported to be a 47-year-old tourist from India, was said to be taking a tour of the ...
VANCOUVER - A brick unearthed decades ago at Fort Vancouver is back in the spotlight. The brick was first discovered buried in the ground on the site around 1950, but a recent analysis of its make-up ...
At some moment a few years after Jesus Christ died but before the second century began, someone made a brick on the island that would become the cornerstone of Great Britain. The area was controlled ...
A new study shows how the Roman Temple of Venus in volcanic Italy survived 2,000 years with advanced mortars, bricks, and volcanic materials.
NEW YORK (AP) — In the quest to build better for the future, some are looking for answers in the long-ago past. Ancient builders across the world created structures that are still standing today, ...
A brick found at Fort Vancouver in the 1950s has some familiar markings on it: cat paw prints, What's so unusual about that? Recent tests on the brick indicate it dates back 2,000 years, during Roman ...
The Venerable Saint Bede once said, “Rome will exist as long as the Colosseum does; when the Colosseum falls, so will Rome; when Rome falls, so will the world.” I don’t know about that, but just in ...
The perfect quarantine activity – a Lego set that will likely take you two weeks to build. Lego is releasing its largest kit: a 9,036-piece Roman Colosseum, complete with landscaping. The massive toy ...
On a cobblestone street in New York’s trendy SoHo neighborhood, this 11-room home features spacious interiors with 13-foot ceilings. Available for the first time in 24 years, it’s one of 14 residences ...