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Two previously unknown Roman villas and a Roman roadside cemetery have been discovered following the largest geophysical survey ever commissioned by the National Trust.

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An advertisement seeking a private architecture tutor for £288,000 per year has been taken down following a backlash. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) removed the ad after it raised eyebrows with its requirements for applicants to be "educated and polished, with excellent manne

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North Korea appears to be building a wall along its southern border, according to a BBC investigation. Satellite photos show unprecedented construction work along the demilitarised zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea, the BBC reports.

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A construction company has been ordered to demolish a luxury home it inadvertently built on the wrong site. The three-bedroom home, valued at $500,000 (around £400,000), was built in Hawaiian Paradise Park, which is divided into a number of one-acre lots.

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A 310-mile conveyor belt could soon be built to aid freight transport across Japan to solve a shortage of lorry drivers as well as reduce congestion.

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A three-bedroom house in San Francisco's affluent Russian Hill neighbourhood has been listed for an astonishingly low price of $488,000 (around £385,000).

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Saudi Arabia is set to "scale down" many of its hugely ambitious construction projects, including the $500 billion NEOM linear city, according to reports.

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Nike has unveiled new shoes with built-in foot-massaging technology that it says will benefit anyone who is "on [their] feet a lot at work".

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A 270-foot-long dragon has been wrapped around New York's iconic Empire State Building as a publicity stunt for TV show House of the Dragon.

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Researchers believe they have devised a new method for building on the Moon without transporting construction materials from Earth. A team at the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) say a method called microwave sintering could be used to create bricks from ilmenite,

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A Chinese city has placed timers above public lavatories at a key tourist site to ensure the “safety” of its users. Videos posted by local media show a row of cubicles, each with a timer above the door. The display indicates when a cubicle is occupied and for how long.

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An electrician has told of how she earns $200,000 a year off social media posts about her job.

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