Excavation of a council house at the major Lowland Maya center of Ucanal, Guatemala, reveals how the public gained some ...

Archaeologists have discovered mysterious ancient architecture cut into a rocky landscape on Madagascar, the world's fourth largest island, a study says. The study details recent investigations at ...

A 3,300-year-old Mycenaean building in Greece known as the Melathron of Gla reveals advanced architectural planning.

What is the first thing you do before planning a trip? Hop on the convenient TripAdvisor or one of the thousands of other websites available for advice, must-see destinations, trip highlights, ...

Many ancient Egyptian, Greek and Islamic religious buildings share a common feature known as hypostyle. Defined as rows of columns that support a roof, this solution has developed in different ...

Dubai UAE's landscape is still rich in ancient architectural forms, the best example of that is the wind towers that locally known as Barjil (singular and Barajeel for plural). The barajeel form an ...

An ancient Pompeii wall at a newly excavated site, where Associate Professor Admir Masic applied compositional analysis (overlayed to right) to understand how ancient Romans made concrete that has ...

Located just minutes from Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, the Manitou Cliff Dwellings offer a hands-on look at ancient architecture and the culture of the Ancestral Puebloans. More than 700 ...

Much before humans constructed their first permanent shelters, they discovered the protective power of animal hides as a barrier against harsh environmental conditions. This fundamental principle of ...