Archaeologists at a Pompeii site buried by the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius have uncovered evidence of ancient Roman ...
Archaeologists working at an excavation site in Pompeii have uncovered new evidence that helps explain why ancient Roman buildings have ...
Archaeologists in Pompeii discovered a workshop that combined two elements that allowed the concrete to “heal” itself.
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 analysis of samples collected from a recently discovered site that confirms ...
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This Ancient Construction Site in the Ruins of Pompeii Is Revealing New Secrets About the 2,000-Year-Old Recipe for Roman Concrete
New research suggests the Romans used a method known as "hot mixing" to produce self-healing concrete, which allowed them to ...
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Volcanic ash 'hot-mix' helped Roman concrete endure for thousands of years: Study
Roman concrete is often hailed as a major engineering feat. It has allowed the Empire’s monumental structures to remain ...
Delivering higher strength and accelerated set times than standard concrete mixes, Sakrete's Pro-Mix line of industrial-strength, fast-setting concrete mixes allows most projects to be traffic-ready ...
Concrete, in one form or another, has been a staple of human construction for some 5,000 years. Now, researchers have finally brought the ancient technology to outer space. For the first time, ...
Pouring It On: Truck at Cemex USA’s ready-mix facility in Inglewood. Cement and concrete giant Cemex USA is building a distribution terminal in Bell to meet skyrocketing demand for construction ...
Coastal Ready Mix, a prominent concrete manufacturer, is set to establish a new operation in Horry County with an investment ...
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