The concrete of ancient Rome was notoriously strong. Many of the buildings, bridges, and aqueducts built by the Romans still ...
New research suggests the Romans used a method known as "hot mixing" to produce self-healing concrete, which allowed them to ...
Fresh excavations in Pompeii have turned a buried construction workshop into a working laboratory, revealing how Roman ...
Thessaloniki, Greece – December 13, 2025 Excavations for the Thessaloniki Metro have uncovered well-preserved sections of the ...
Unearthed off the coast of Alexandria, the vessel may have once measured 115 feet long. Experts think it would have held a ...
New research shows Roman concrete relied on heat-driven mixing and reactive lime, giving it a surprising self-healing ability ...
Archeologists say they have finally cracked the 6,000-year-old mystery of Armenia’s “dragon stones" – massive carved ...
After more than a century of speculation, researchers have traced the likely origins of the legendary Hjortspring boat through chemical analysis of its construction materials and the discovery of an ...
MIT scientists have used modern technology to unravel the mysterious self-healing properties of ancient Roman concrete.
Pompeii Archeological Park site map, with showing where the ancient building site is located, with colour coded piles of raw construction materials (right): purple: debris; green: piles of dry ...
Archaeologists uncovered a Pompeii project that reveals how ancient Romans used hot-mixing technology to create durable ...