MIT researchers analyzed an ancient Pompeii construction site to determine how the ancient Romans produced concrete that ...

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A villa in Pompeii has survived two thousand years and is still well preserved. Image via Wiki Commons. Concrete was the foundation of the Roman Empire. For centuries, researchers have tried to ...

Lime granules trapped in ancient walls show Romans relied on a reactive hot-mix method to making concrete that could now ...

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Originally made of mud, the wall was rebuilt in red sandstone in 1657. But centuries later, what survives is scattered, stressed, and scarred.

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Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.