Flying buttresses act the same way ancient Roman columns did, countering the horizontal force of the arch. They also provide for more ground area underneath: more worshippers could fit into a church ...

After 260 A.D. and the planned withdrawal of the Roman Empire ... →Cleaning project at ancient Egyptian tomb uncovers hidden ...

It’s a tale that reads like an ancient comic strip ... in numerous scenes that spiral around a 126-foot marble pillar in Rome known as Trajan’s Column. It’s a tale that reads like an ...

According to an INRAP statement, the ancient city of Durocortorum was a fairly typical Roman urban center of ... was flanked by two large, imposing pillars. Inside the villa, archaeologists ...