A vast new map of 186,000 miles of Roman roads is debunking centuries-old myths about how the empire’s complex overland transport network actually functioned. The enduring adage that “all roads lead to Rome” has long served as a shorthand for the reach...

Malaysia’s glow-in-the-dark roads wowed drivers, but a costly flaw halted the futuristic project. A pilot program in Selangor has tested road‑marking paint that continues to emit light after sundown, aiming to improve visibility on stretches that lack...

government proposed extending the luminous markings to fifteen additional sites, covering roughly fifteen kilometres of roads across Sepang, Kuala Langat and Petaling. Johor’s Menteri Besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi also identified thirty‑one roads for similar...

A Danish road glows red at night due to a hidden nighttime neighbor, not a design choice. At night a segment of Frederiksborgvej near Skovbrynet in Gladsaxe, Denmark, glows a deep red instead of the usual white street lighting. The hue is functional,...

A 7,000‑year‑old stone road uncovered off Croatia’s Adriatic coast reveals surprising clues to a lost prehistoric world. Divers exploring the Adriatic off Croatia’s Korčula island have uncovered a stone pathway dating back almost 7,000 years, concealed...

across Mediterranean supply chains. Carboliva, a firm active in related biochar research, describes the approach as turning roads and buildings into carbon stores for the entire lifespan of the infrastructure. Unlike raw plant residues, which decompose...

Using LiDAR technology, researchers have discovered two miles of hidden ancient roads and unknown structures near Machu Picchu, revealing secrets of the Andes. Archaeologists have unveiled a significant discovery near the iconic Inca citadel of Machu...

Study reveals key safety tips for driving in rain, helping you handle wet roads and avoid accidents. A recent investigation by engineers at the University of Georgia has shed fresh light on the dynamics that cause tires to lose traction on...

A new LiDAR survey has uncovered 1.5 miles of hidden Inca roads near Machu Picchu, offering fresh insights into the ancient civilization’s complex network. Archaeologists employing advanced LiDAR scanning have unveiled a hidden network of pre-Columbian...

Digital imaging removed forest cover at Machu Picchu, uncovering over 2.5 km of hidden ancient roads beneath the vegetation. A recent LiDAR survey has revealed more than 2.5 kilometers of previously unknown pre‑Hispanic pathways hidden beneath the...

Salodurum. Earlier Evidence Hinting at a Crossing Although the bridge itself had never been uncovered, the presence of Roman roads on both sides of the Aare made a crossing inevitable. The river narrows at this point, creating a natural bottleneck ideal...

Drone laser scans reveal a huge lost city in Uzbekistan’s mountains, uncovering a secret that could reshape Silk Road history. High above the rugged peaks of southeastern Uzbekistan, where the landscape is dominated by craggy slopes and scattered...

Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a lost medieval city, featuring brick walls, wooden beams, and underwater graves hidden beneath shallow water. Underwater investigations along the northwestern banks of Kyrgyzstan’s Lake Issyk-Kul have...

Launched in 2015 to connect a peripheral suburb with Chongqing’s core, the station initially existed in isolation—no paved roads, no nearby housing, and virtually no foot traffic. By late 2019, access roads had been constructed, and subsequent years saw...

By digitally stripping away the vegetation, archaeologists can discern shallow depressions, embankments, platforms and roads that would otherwise blend into the forest floor. Aerial image of a geometric geoglyph in a heavily forested area of Brazil....

and southern Laos. By dispersing silver iodide from aircraft into existing clouds, U.S. planners hoped to soften unpaved roads, swell streams, and undermine bridges, thereby hampering the flow of troops and supplies. Focusing on the Ground Beneath...

Archaeologists are using non-invasive underground signals to finally decode the mysteries of an ancient, enigmatic fortress in Calabria without digging. Archaeologists from the University of Catania have unveiled hidden structural remains beneath the...

structures, urging future fieldwork and broader surveys of comparable desert features that may have been misidentified as roads.

The 22,000‑piece Bactrian Hoard discovered in Afghanistan in 1978 has vanished from public view again after years of war, secrecy and preservation. Excavations at Tillya Tepe – literally “Hill of Gold” in northern Afghanistan – turned up a trove that...

with stone, spanned the gap with timber roofing, and backfilled the surface to integrate the tunnels beneath existing Inca roads and terraces. 3D representation of what was recorded with the ground radar of a trapezoidal structure near the tower of the...