"Gladiator II" opens with a Roman fleet brutally laying siege to a city in the north African kingdom of Numidia. On the big screen we see ships set ablaze by pots of burning oil and defenders impaled ...

Architects also praise rammed earth’s high thermal mass—insulative properties that regulate a building’s indoor temperature. For U.S practice Lake Flato Architects, this was particularly helpful for a ...

The recycled buildings of Rome, long dismissed by architects, are getting a reappraisal as a model for how to reduce waste while creating something fresh. ROME — For centuries, historians and ...

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A growing global population and an increased understanding of the negative environmental impacts brought by the construction industry have encouraged architects to examine sustainable, affordable ...

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 ...

India is a land of incredible temples, and each has its own unique story, architecture, and cultural importance. Some temples are known for their sheer size and grandeur, while others fascinate ...

From the royal palaces of Persepolis to the glorious mosques of Isfahan, Iran’s ancient architecture has given the world some of its most spectacular structures. Today, however, we reserve our awe to ...

Engravings found in Jordan and Saudi Arabia appeared to match nearby ancient megastructures known as desert kites as seen from above. By Priyanka Runwal Massive prehistoric stone structures found in ...

For the first time in the United States, visitors to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art can enjoy a remarkable group of roof-ridge ornaments that were fashionable in Korea more than 1,000 ...

Researchers discovered that a tomb in Egypt is precisely aligned to the winter solstice, revealing that ancient Egyptian architects were “enormously sophisticated” and held “extensive knowledge of the ...

Safi-o-Din shrine in northwestern Iran reimagined (all images courtesy of Mohammad Hassan Forouzanfar) From the royal palaces of Persepolis to the glorious mosques of Isfahan, Iran’s ancient ...