Hot-mixed Roman concrete used quicklime “healing” clasts that seal cracks over time, explaining Pompeii’s long‑lasting ...

A construction site dating back nearly 2,000 years to the putative demise of Pompeii in 79 CE has revealed new evidence for the secret behind Ancient Rome's ultra-durable concrete. Last year, from ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Researchers still puzzle over exactly how Roman concrete was made, but they have a few clues, ...

Roman concrete has shrugged off two millennia of earthquakes, wars, and weather that would pulverize most modern structures in a fraction of the time. The surprising reason is not mystical at all, but ...

Ancient Rome was full of master builders and engineers. The fruits of their labors can still be seen in the aqueducts they built—which still function to this day—as well as the Pantheon, a nearly ...

Ancient Roman concrete, which was used to build aqueducts, bridges, and buildings across the empire, has endured for over two thousand years. In a study publishing July 25 in the Cell Press journal ...

Evidence of Roman engineering ingenuity is not in short supply. From Rome’s Pantheon to the Pont du Gard aqueduct in southern France to the Alcántara Bridge on the Iberian Peninsula, large-scale ...

(CNN) — Along with its many other innovations, the Roman Empire revolutionized architecture with never-before-seen features, such as large-scale arches and dome roofs. And many of these structures ...

Is there a significant survivor bias in analyzing surviving Roman concrete structures? Perhaps a very high percentage of Roman concrete structures fell apart after a few years. Are we just analyzing ...

Nearly two millennia after the height of the Roman Empire, some of its structures are still standing. These marvels have stood the test of time, including the Pantheon in Rome; the Roman aqueducts in ...