The Aqua Virgo still supplies one of the most famous fountains in the world: the 18th-century Trevi Fountain in Rome. The only Roman aqueduct still functioning today is the Aqua Virgo, known in ...

The aqueduct was found on the grounds of the Rusovce Mansion. University of Trnava During a recent excavation on the grounds of a mansion in Slovakia, researchers discovered something remarkable ...

Roman aqueducts, built to carry water to cities, are probably the most famous ancient systems. There are over 200,000 miles of oil pipeline in the U.S. alone, along with natural gas pipelines ...

Scientists in France may be hot on the trail of a long-lost canal that the Romans built over two millennia ago while battling the Celts. The waterway, known as the Marius Canal, was built around 2,100 ...

The Briton fell to his death from the Segovia aqueduct in Spain. Horrified witnesses reported the man tumbling from an ...

They transported fresh water to urban areas with the help of gravity. The most famous aqueducts of the Roman Empire were long, elevated structures like the Pont du Gard Aqueduct, but they also ...