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 ...

The ancient Romans were masters of engineering, constructing vast networks of roads, aqueducts, ports, and massive buildings, whose remains have survived for two millennia. Many of these structures ...

The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts. And those still functional marvels rely on a unique construction material: pozzolanic ...

The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts. And those still functional marvels rely on a unique construction material: pozzolanic ...

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 is more sustainable than modern building materials, according to new research. The Romans used concrete to build aqueducts, bridges and buildings across their vast empire, which ...

Scientists have long pondered the durability of ancient Roman concrete structures, which have not only stood the test of time but have held up under extreme conditions, assuming it came down to a ...

The Pantheon in Rome has stood for nearly 2,000 years, boasting the largest unreinforced concrete dome on Earth. Many other Roman structures, from aqueducts to seawalls, have endured wars, earthquakes ...

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It's no secret that the Romans were better at producing concrete than we are today. Modern concrete begins to deteriorate after 50 years or so of facing the elements, whereas structures engineered in ...

X-ray scans can just tease out letters on the warped documents from a library at Herculaneum Victoria Jaggard A model of ancient water movement shows how trade practices might affect today's urban ...

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