Travel throughout much of Europe today and you’ll find traces of the Roman Empire everywhere. Amphitheaters, aqueducts, walls, bridges, forts and other structures built centuries ago are still ...
Lime granules trapped in ancient walls show Romans relied on a reactive hot-mix method to making concrete that could now ...
MIT scientists have used modern technology to unravel the mysterious self-healing properties of ancient Roman concrete.
The concrete of ancient Rome was notoriously strong. Many of the buildings, bridges, and aqueducts built by the Romans still ...
Researchers have launched Itiner-e, an interactive digital map tracing 300,000 kilometers of ancient Roman roads. The project reveals a far more extensive Roman network than previously believed, ...