On a rocky hillside in an agricultural village halfway between Rome and Naples, an ancient form of building is being revived. Dry stone masonry—a technique dating back thousands of years—is being used ...

Visibility has always been important in people’s decisions about where to live and how to arrange their spaces. People make connections with what they can see. Being able to see prominent landmarks, ...

An extensive archaeological survey being conducted in northwest China resulted in the discovery of the Shang Dynasty’s ...

Excavation in a gravel quarry in central Switzerland revealed a 2,000-year-old Roman stone wall. The Roman site in the pre-alpine area could have been a villa or temple. Along with the walled ...

The abandoned fieldstone walls of New England are every bit as iconic to the region as lobster pots, town greens, sap buckets and fall foliage. They seem to be everywhere – a latticework of dry, ...

Researchers chart 39 quarry sites from 117 excavations, shedding light on how “Jerusalem stone” built the city.

"That's a wonderful feeling for me, to see they are inspired."McAfee is based in Ireland, but said he wanted to be part of an American movement because he senses the same resurgent interest in ...

Mortarless stone veneer is a modern decor trend that also harkens back to ancient times — when master builders created grand structures without mortar. Without power tools, diamond-blade wet saws or ...

The ingenuity of ancient Egyptian engineers may have been even more ahead of their time than we thought. A new study suggests a currently unexplained ancient structure may have been part of a water ...

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