Aqueducts were costly public works, and not all Roman cities necessarily required them. Some cities, such as Pompeii, had their water needs met by wells or public and private cisterns dug beneath ...

Researchers in Spain looking to develop a fresh approach to finding long-lost aqueducts have turned to U.S. Cold War-era satellite imagery. By mining the black-and-white images from the HEXAGON ...

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Roughly four of every five miles of Rome's aqueducts run underground, many in covered trenches. Trenches are used when the aqueduct follows the contours of the land. They are quick and easy to ...

We asked Aicher, author of "Guide to the Aqueducts of Ancient Rome," about the Romans' sophisticated water distribution system, including its elegant aqueducts. Here's what he told us: NOVA ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Peru's water wells near the city of Nazca are over 1,500 years old. Amazingly, most of these "Puquios" still work. Story and editing by Jeremy Dreyfuss Follow ...

200,000,000: Gallons of water delivered daily by aqueducts Rome’s 11 aqueducts supplied water to the entire city, powering fountains, baths, and even the Cloaca Maxima, the world’s first ...

Four people were killed and about 100 families were left homeless due to a landslide in southern Colombia's Narino ...

DREXEL HILL (f, 3, Bolt d'Oro–Ascot Walk, by Daaher) split rivals close to home and got up in time to secure the Busher Stakes at Aqueduct Saturday. The Silverbulletday Stakes third was far back off ...