This trend dates back to ancient civilizations: Egyptian pharaohs built pyramids and impressive temples, Roman emperors erected magnificent amphitheaters and palaces. Architecture was, and often ...

The "remarkable" church, thought to be more than 1,600 years old, was found in an ancient city by a desert oasis.

Archaeologists have discovered mysterious ancient architecture cut into a rocky ... "Where and when did the community that ...

Study Reveals Isolation, Endogamy and Pathogens in Early Medieval Spanish Community Aug. 28 ... cornerstone of early Christian architecture. ... Carvings at Ancient Monument May Be World's ...

Philip Kennicott visited New Gourna and Cairo in Egypt and Diyarbakir in Turkey to explore historic cooling techniques. Sima Diab photographed them in Egypt. Dec. 28 at 6:30 a.m.

Designed to coexist harmoniously with the environment, this off-grid rural home by Leopold Banchini Architects reimagines the ...

Using lidar technology, researchers surveyed 50 square miles of Campeche, Mexico, discovering an entire previously unknown ...

Nabataeans established a mysterious, ancient kingdom and had a reputation for great accomplishments with links to Greece and ...

The renowned artist returns to her hometown to create a public sculpture park for the community that raised her.

military might and monumental architecture. Ramses II, the second-longest ruling pharaoh in Ancient Egypt, reigned from 1279 to 1213 B.C., a period marking the final peak of Egypt’s military power.

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In this book, Alessandro Sebastiani examines how architecture and urbanism can be used to construct ... in a different order of ideological placemaking. The monuments of ancient Roman were isolated in ...