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This ancient construction site in the ruins of Pompeii is revealing new secrets about the 2,000-year-old recipe for Roman concrete
Travel throughout much of Europe today and you’ll find traces of the Roman Empire everywhere. Amphitheaters, aqueducts, walls, bridges, forts and other structures built centuries ago are still ...
New research shows Roman concrete relied on heat-driven mixing and reactive lime, giving it a surprising self-healing ability ...
Electricity is viewed by many as an invisible miracle that magically makes things work, from our cell phones to lights, ...
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We finally know why Roman concrete has survived for nearly 2,000 years
A construction site dating back nearly 2,000 years to the putative demise of Pompeii in 79 CE has revealed new evidence for ...
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