At some moment a few years after Jesus Christ died but before the second century began, someone made a brick on the island that would become the cornerstone of Great Britain. The area was controlled ...

Trier flourished in the 4th century AD, when Roman emperors resided in the city. Monumental buildings such as the Imperial Baths and the Basilica of Constantine still bear witness to this era. The ...

Tourists at the Colosseum, whose ancient brickwork has suffered repeated vandalism over the centuries. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP Italian police caught a tourist trying to make off with a Roman ...

A tourist to Italy is has been accused of trying to smuggle home a piece of the Colosseum as a souvenir. The man, reported to be a 47-year-old tourist from India, was said to be taking a tour of the ...

VANCOUVER - A brick unearthed decades ago at Fort Vancouver is back in the spotlight. The brick was first discovered buried in the ground on the site around 1950, but a recent analysis of its make-up ...

The Architects’ Alphabet is a 26-part series describing design elements featured in Gregory J. Scott’s new book, “Urban Legend, The Life & Legacy of C. Emlen Urban,” Lancaster’s most renowned ...

Narrow-gauge Roman brick is an ancient building material that was “reintroduced” to architects in the early 20th century. Its long, thin profile and thin bed of mortar emphasize the horizontality and ...

The Venerable Saint Bede once said, “Rome will exist as long as the Colosseum does; when the Colosseum falls, so will Rome; when Rome falls, so will the world.” I don’t know about that, but just in ...

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