Ancient masters of engineering ... of National Geographic History magazine. Water was transported not only for drinking but also for public fountains, such as this Roman one shaped like a drinking ...

Wooden remains of two Roman wells - one of which had collapsed before it could even be used - have revealed "a failure of Roman engineering on an industrial scale", an archaeologist said.

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