The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts.

Using lidar technology, researchers surveyed 50 square miles of Campeche, Mexico, discovering an entire previously unknown ...

An analysis of data covering an understudied area has revealed thousands of previously unknown Maya structures.

Ancient Egypt is one of the world's most iconic civilizations, known for its awe-inspiring achievements and innovations.

AI is helping archaeologists redefine when and how fire use was mastered, with evidence dating back 800,000 years.

The new city, dubbed Valeriana, was a dense urban settlement with temple pyramids and a ball court. Laser surveys have ...

'La Cuba' is the highest Roman dam in the world and is a 2,000-year-old structure that showcases engineering brilliance.

“Our goal is to combine human architectural and engineering design with machine learning and computational design ...

In recent years, LiDAR laser scanning has allowed researchers to analyze large swaths of densely forested land in Mexico in ...

The largest known Roman amphitheatre was the Colosseum in Rome, capable of holding up to 50,000 spectators. Several amphitheatres, such as the Pula Arena in Croatia and the Nimes Arena in France, have ...

Instead of hacking through dense vegetation, researchers used existing, very precise laser scans of the land surface to ...

Using drone-based lidar, researchers mapped two medieval cities, Tashbulak and Tugunbulak, in Uzbekistan, revealing detailed urban structures significant to the Silk Road's history. The first use of d ...