Concrete is an incredibly useful and versatile building material on which not only today’s societies, but also the ancient Roman Empire was built. To this day Roman concrete structures can be ...

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University announced a breakthrough in ...

The ancient Romans weren’t just great at conquering ... The Romans weren’t sloppy—they were strategic. Roman Concrete Was Self-Healing Turns out, these lime chunks were actually a feature ...

Archaeologists launch a project to analyze 4,000 Roman bricks from Trier, Germany, revealing insights into ancient building ...

Concrete’s journey from ancient Rome to modern construction sites reflects human ingenuity and adaptability. It demonstrates our ability to learn from the past, innovate in the present ...

Bridgeman Images While archaeologists have excavated concrete vats used for making ... In what is now Barcelona, this ancient Roman factory turned out garum as well as salted fish in the third ...

Our civilisation is based on concrete. Can we build in a cleaner way?

Many of the roads in England follow the route of ancient Romans roads. And many of the words we speak also have their origins in the Latin spoken by the Romans. Roman concrete benefitted from the ...