Roman concrete is pretty amazing stuff. It's among the main reasons we know so much about Roman architecture today. So many ...

“Roman cement is durable, it heals itself, and it’s a dynamic system,” Admir Masic, study author and Associate Professor at MIT, said in a statement. “The way these pores in volcanic ingredients can ...

The British northern frontier was the edge of the Roman world — and a place of violence, boredom and opportunity, experts told Live Science.

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Dr. Hein was drawn to the natural history of misinformation through his research on fish. He and his colleagues observed the ...

For centuries, scholars thought they understood how Romans made concrete with exceptional durability. Now, evidence suggests the historical texts describe only part of the picture. Analysis of an ...

MIT researchers analyzed an ancient Pompeii construction site to determine how the ancient Romans produced concrete that ...

A villa in Pompeii has survived two thousand years and is still well preserved. Image via Wiki Commons. Concrete was the foundation of the Roman Empire. For centuries, researchers have tried to ...

Lime granules trapped in ancient walls show Romans relied on a reactive hot-mix method to making concrete that could now ...

Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen in time by the eruption of Italy's ...

In the depths of ancient Portus Magnus of Alexandria, in the port area of the Royal Island of Antirhodos, a team of underwater archaeologists has unearthed a structure whose timbers, preserved for ...

An international investigation led by the University of Freiburg, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of ...