About 2,000 years ago, the powerful Roman Empire established a boundary at the northern edge of its territory: the Lower ...

Long-lost Roman canal built by Julius Caesar's uncle may be found. Taylor Mitchell Brown. Wed, March 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM UTC. 5 min read.

The waterway, known as the Marius Canal, was built around 2,100 years ago within the Rhône River delta. It was the first major Roman water hydraulic feature in what was then Gaul, preceding dams ...

Another view of a Roman irrigation ditch in Sierra Nevada. Credit: University of Granada What’s surprising is that even in the zone from 50 to 200 meters, NDVI values remained high, suggesting that ...

Findings from the site include 69 fragments of Roman pottery and wooden stakes dated between the 1st and 4th centuries CE. Over the centuries, the exact location of the Marius Canal had been lost ...

Scientists use laser technology to uncover more Mayan ruins 03:10. Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and ...

Early Hohokam lived in pithouses dug into the ground with walls made of wood, brush, and clay. These partly underground homes ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old network of earthen canals in what’s now Belize. AP. The team then conducted digs in Belize’s Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary.

The Tell Abu Sefeh site is located in North Sinai, near the Egyptian city of Ismailia and the Suez Canal. Described as one of Egypt’s “important strategic locations,” Tell Abu Sefeh emerged ...

For centuries, the canals of Sierra Nevada in southern Spain have been much more than simple irrigation ditches. These structures, whose origin dates back to the Roman Empire and which reached their ...

This year, as the bike-friendly Dutch city celebrates its 900th anniversary in style, explore its canal-side bars, farm-to-table restaurants and historical sites, some dating back to the Roman Empire.

The waterway, known as the Marius Canal, was built around 2,100 years ago within the Rhône River delta. It was the first major Roman water hydraulic feature in what was then Gaul, preceding dams ...