However, when it comes to selecting the geometric pattern for rib placement, it usually boils down to the old favorites, such ...

Still, as Kiernat says, the Romans built to impress—and one of the main ways they did this was through domes, arches, and vaults. “While Greek structures tended to be smaller, Roman buildings ...

Entrance arches in grand amphitheatres were 20 Roman feet wide, ... The invention of arches and vaults, made of brick-faced concrete, allowed Roman architects much greater spans ...

Although the Aksumite stelae are better known, the tombs with brick arches and vaults, described here and dated to the fourth century AD, "may mean that our ideas about the routes of dissemination of ...

Excavated evidence long ago convinced most archaeologists that the ancient Greeks knew little about the graceful art of arch building and practiced it less. Greek architects apparently preferred to ...

Braving bitter cold and wind, archaeologists in Serbia surveyed the site of an ancient Roman triumphal arch, one of only a handful in the Balkans, that dates back to the third century. The ...

ROME, Sept 3 (Reuters) - The Arch of Constantine, a giant ancient Roman arch next to the Colosseum, was damaged after a violent storm hit Rome, conservation authorities said on Tuesday.

The vault relies on the architectural principles that guided the construction of ancient Roman buildings, such as a 33-acre public bathhouse in central Rome that still stands today.

Braving bitter cold and wind, archaeologists in Serbia surveyed the site of an ancient Roman triumphal arch, one of only a handful in the Balkans, that dates back to the third century.