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 ...

Every stage of the aqueduct has to be carefully planned to ensure that the water, pulled by gravity, makes its way gradually downhill to the city. Roughly four of every five miles of Rome's ...

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

The Aqua Marcia was the longest of Rome’s aqueducts, running nearly 60 miles from its source in the countryside to the heart of the city. It was built between 144 and 140 B.C. by Julius Caesar ...

A surge of rainwater into a Roman aqueduct brought muddy water spilling into the Italian capital’s iconic — and newly cleaned ...

The aqueduct, first built almost 2,000 years ago, was a vital part of Roman life in the Dorset town, supplying water for its public baths, fountains and wealthy households. Now the BU team has ...

One famous domed building was the Pantheon in Rome, which still survives today. Aqueducts were stone channels which were normally built on top of stone arches. They carried water from mountain ...

Between parked cars in a suburban street in Athens, workers fix a pump to an ancient stone well that in turn accesses an ...