According to Roman mythology, the city of Rome was founded on April 21, 753 BCE, by Romulus, a half-god who vanquished his twin brother Remus to become the city’s first king. What began as a small ...

When the Romans invaded in AD43, they really liked Ancient ... built sewage systems and paved, straight roads that stretched right across the country to connect up all their new Roman towns.

We humans have been around for hundreds of thousands of years, so naturally, certain things have slipped through the cracks ...

Their work uncovered a network of arched tunnels, initially part of a Roman sewer system. These tunnels were later ... the findings offer valuable insights into ancient water management systems, ...

There was also a very well-designed water supply and sewage system for the town ... 6th century BC and the later ones date back to Roman times. Copies of archaeological finds from the House of Leda at ...

In ancient Greece and Rome, “houses had no chimneys ... his family and his animals lived and died. There was no sewage for the houses, no drainage, except surface drainage for the streets, no water ...

Archaeologists excavated the ruins of an ancient Roman dignitary’s house and found a water collection system, a carving and tax collection jars. Photo from Piotr Jaworski via the University of ...

Archaeologists recently found an ancient Roman helmet in an unusual location, a Danish village. Vejle Museums announced the discovery of numerous ancient artifacts, including the Roman armor ...

One recommendation addressed the 2.5 million (their estimate) unregulated and uninspected “onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems,” commonly called septic tanks, which are scattered thro ...