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 ...
Ancient Roman concrete is incredibly durable, even more so than modern concrete. Scientists have long wondered what gave it its incredible strength. One team may have cracked the mystery — focusing on ...
Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. There is the famous scene in Monty Python's "Life of Brian" ...
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 ...
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 ...
Archaeologists working at an excavation site in Pompeii have uncovered new evidence that helps explain why ancient Roman buildings have lasted for thousands of years. The discovery points to a special ...
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Why Roman concrete still outlasts modern concrete, the ancient recipe that built the Pantheon and survived 2,000 years
Roman concrete helped build the Pantheon, aqueducts, and harbors that still stand after two millennia, and modern science is only now catching up to why it worked so well. This video breaks down the ...
MIT scientists examined concrete samples from the archaeological site of Privernum, Italy (left) and mapped out the ingredients within (right). The red section is a calcium-rich lime clast. Courtesy ...
Scientist looked at bright white chunks of lime found in the concrete used in ancient structures such as the Colosseum. Photo from David Köhler via Unsplash The Colosseum, the Pantheon, and mile after ...
What can concrete made during the Roman Empire help modern engineering develop more efficient concrete? This is what a recent study published in iScience hopes to address as an international team of ...
(CNN) — The majestic structures of ancient Rome have survived for millennia — a testament to the ingenuity of Roman engineers, who perfected the use of concrete. But how did their construction ...
Neglect a modern concrete structure for a few decades and it’ll start to fall apart – and yet, structures built by the ancient Romans are still standing strong after 2,000 years. Now, engineers have ...
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