The Pont du Gard was built shortly before the Christian era to allow the aqueduct of Nîmes (which is almost 50 km long) to cross the Gard river. The Roman architects and hydraulic engineers who ...

On the grounds of a mansion in Slovakia, a Roman aqueduct was uncovered during recent excavations. It was the first […] ...

creating in the process an enduring symbol of Roman civilization and innovation. Built in 19 B.C., the Pont du Gard aqueduct piped water to the city of Nîmes in southern France. This story ...

The Roman Empire’s most famous aqueducts are elevated, lengthy structures like the Pont du Gard Aqueduct, but they also built many smaller, subterranean channels. And though most of modern-day ...