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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 ...

Pompeii’s ruins challenge Rome’s famous concrete recipe

Isotopic analysis confirmed that the workers in Pompeii relied on hot-mixing when making their concrete. Samples from the ...

Ancient Construction Site at Pompeii Sheds Light on Rome’s Miraculous Self-Healing Cement

From the iconic Colosseum in Rome to Hadrian’s Wall all the way in England, there’s one question most people must ask ...

Revealing the Roman Hot-Mixing Technique

An extraordinarily well-preserved ancient Roman construction site in Pompeii has provided the clearest evidence yet of how ...
Massachusetts Daily Collegian

Course Profile: Technology in the Ancient World

Wilson said the class’s development of combining physical skills and critical thinking allows students to develop their ...
Associated Press

All roads in ancient Rome stretched far longer than previously known, study shows

As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and those roads stretched 50% longer than previously known, according to a new digital atlas published Thursday. The last major atlas of ancient ...