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Roman, Time Capsule Reveals Secrets

A 2,000-year-old building site reveals the raw ingredients for ancient Roman self-healing concrete

Roman concrete is pretty amazing stuff. It's among the main reasons we know so much about Roman architecture today. So many structures built by the Romans still survive, in some form, thanks to their ingenious concrete and construction techniques.

India Today on MSN · 17h

Can ancient Roman buildings self-heal? MIT makes big discovery

Scientific American · 1d

Pompeii Time Capsule Reveals Secrets to Durable Ancient Roman Cement

ScienceAlert on MSN

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 ...

Greek Reporter

What If Our Buildings Could Self-Heal? The Romans Had the Answer

Roman buildings were engineered with hot mixed, self-healing concrete of quicklime and volcanic ash that strengthens in seawater.

Popular Mechanics

A Discovery in an Ancient City Could Change What We Know About Roman Architecture

Excavations in the ancient Roman city Gabii have uncovered a water basin that could predate much of Roman monumental architecture. Experts believe the water basin could sit alongside another ...

Architectural Digest

Roman Empire on the Mind: 5 Buildings That Justify the Male Fixation With the Era

“Every time I fight people, I think about walking into the Colosseum,” Adam Woolard, a model and boxer, told his fiancée, former Bachelorette Hannah Browne, in a viral TikTok. “It’s like, if this is a ...

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