New research suggests the Romans used a method known as "hot mixing" to produce self-healing concrete, which allowed them to ...

The discovery of a 2,000-year-old building site in Pompeii reveals the raw ingredients for ancient Roman self-healing ...

Isotopic analysis confirmed that the workers in Pompeii relied on hot-mixing when making their concrete. Samples from the ...

Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

Excavations of a workshop that was buried in Pompeii almost 2000 years ago have given archaeologists unique insights into ...

The only snag was that this didn’t match the recipe as described in historical texts. Now the same team is back with a fresh ...

Scientists excavating the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have unearthed a construction site preserved exactly as it was when ...

Lime granules trapped in ancient walls show Romans relied on a reactive hot-mix method to making concrete that could now ...

Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen in time by the eruption of Italy's ...

Concrete was the foundation of the Roman Empire. For centuries, researchers have tried to uncover the secret behind the ...

Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the ...

Groundbreaking micoexcavations at Pompeii have revealed that the city's slaves may have eaten better than its free Romans.