MIT scientists have used modern technology to unravel the mysterious self-healing properties of ancient Roman concrete.

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Archaeologists have completed the first comprehensive technological mapping of an intricate underground tunnel system beneath the ancient Etruscan city of Veii, revealing a sophisticated network of ...