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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 ...
Houzz reports 2026 trends include traditional details, flat-panel cabinetry, checkerboard tiles, wall-mounted faucets, and ...
AMC Construction Announces Expansion of Custom and Luxury Home Building Services in Middle Tennessee
AMC Construction LLC today announced the expansion of its custom and luxury home building services, strengthening the company’s ability to support homeowners across Middle Tennessee seeking modern ...
New research shows Roman concrete relied on heat-driven mixing and reactive lime, giving it a surprising self-healing ability ...
For most of modern history, materials have been commodities with no memory. Cotton is grown, harvested, traded, blended, spun ...
New proposals submitted to the city's historical commission show a rooftop pool, the Grand Court flooded with natural light, ...
Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the ...
Excavations of a workshop that was buried in Pompeii almost 2000 years ago have given archaeologists unique insights into ...
Beneath an office building in London, the first Roman civic basilica appears, revealing the lost ancient town hall of ...
From the iconic Colosseum in Rome to Hadrian’s Wall all the way in England, there’s one question most people must ask ...
Back a few decades, the well-known car hop space was serving up meat-and-three meals, chopped barbecue and ribeye steaks.
The only snag was that this didn’t match the recipe as described in historical texts. Now the same team is back with a fresh ...
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