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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 ...

Revealing the Roman Hot-Mixing Technique

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

Temple of Venus Defied Time Through Staggering Roman Engineering

Aerial view of the temple of Venus located in the archaeological park of Baia, a hamlet of Bacoli, in the metropolitan city of Naples, in Campania, Italy. It was an octagonal thermal building, with ...
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 ...
Chemistry World

Roman-era ink reveals surprising chemical complexity

Archaeologists excavating the remains of a Roman city in Portugal have discovered a rare bronze inkwell filled with the ...