In "Roman Catacomb Mystery," NOVA's forensic investigation follows ... the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS viewers.

Pressurized pipe (inverted siphon) When faced with a deep valley, Roman engineers should use pressurized pipes that are inverted siphons. Roman water engineers build these rather than arcades ...

Peter Aicher is an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Southern Maine and one of the Roman experts who assisted NOVA in the making of the documentary, "Secrets of Lost Empires ...

NOVA is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App ... A city at the heart of the Roman Empire. Frozen in time by a devastating volcanic eruption. (eruption roars) Painstakingly excavated ...

The custom in the Roman Empire was for the dead to ... and why did he decided to forgo tradition when he died. NOVA is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone ...

As they are with modern Romans, sauces and marinades were an essential element in ancient Roman cuisine. One of the most popular was garum, a salty, aromatic, fish-based sauce. Like so many other ...

At a gladiator match in ancient Pompeii, tensions exploded and spectators became fighters in a riot. Gladiatorial games were a vital part of ancient Roman life, and in Pompeii, the amphitheater ...

After the Romans successfully captured the city in 212 B.C., Archimedes was killed by a Roman soldier after he ... and the Palimpsest in the NOVA program that airs September 30, 2003.

Archimedes had spent his life at Syracuse studying mathematics in relative tranquillity, but when he was in his late 70s, the peace was shattered by the invading Roman army. Legend had it that ...

Roman religion was split in two: privately, families and households worshipped specific, individual spirits. Publicly, the Roman state honored many gods, all of which were believed to have human ...

NOVA is the most popular primetime science series ... and our universe. The PBS series is also one of the most widely distributed science programs in the world, and is a multimedia, multiplatform ...

Before Vesuvius rumbled, the jewel of the ancient Roman Empire hid a very dark side. (Premiered February 19, 2025 at 9 pm on PBS) ...