A 2,000-year-old building site reveals the raw ingredients for ancient Roman self-healing concrete

Roman concrete is pretty amazing stuff. It's among the main reasons we know so much about Roman architecture today. So many ...
Greek Reporter

What If Our Buildings Could Self-Heal? The Romans Had the Answer

Roman buildings were engineered with hot mixed, self-healing concrete of quicklime and volcanic ash that strengthens in seawater.
India Today on MSN

Can ancient Roman buildings self-heal? MIT makes big discovery

MIT researchers have identified the methods behind the remarkable longevity of Roman concrete, confirming self-healing ...
Greek Reporter

Forgotten Roman Complex Emerges Near Switzerland’s Limmat River

A rare Roman complex discovered along the Limmat River in Gebenstorf sheds new light on ancient political and economic life ...
Popular Mechanics

A Discovery in an Ancient City Could Change What We Know About Roman Architecture

Excavations in the ancient Roman city Gabii have uncovered a water basin that could predate much of Roman monumental architecture. Experts believe the water basin could sit alongside another ...
Science Daily

Monumental Roman basin hidden for 2,000 years unearthed near Rome

Archaeologists excavating the ancient Roman city of Gabii have uncovered a massive stone-lined basin that may represent one of Rome’s earliest monumental civic structures. Its central placement hints ...

Pompeii offers insights into ancient Roman building technology

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

Roman Empire on the Mind: 5 Buildings That Justify the Male Fixation With the Era

“Every time I fight people, I think about walking into the Colosseum,” Adam Woolard, a model and boxer, told his fiancée, former Bachelorette Hannah Browne, in a viral TikTok. “It’s like, if this is a ...