A newly excavated, ancient construction site at Pompeii, frozen in time after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, has allowed archaeologists to finally determine the methods used to make Roman concrete.

Researchers investigating the well-known House of Thiasus in Pompeii became fascinated with an unconnected stone staircase. A digital architectural reconstruction (based on features still present at ...

Ancient Romans built arched bridges, waterproof port infrastructure and aqueducts that enabled the rise of their empire and that are still standing—and often still used. They did so with a type of ...

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Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the construction of buildings, bridges, and aqueducts, many of which are still ...

POMPEII, Italy — For the first time in 19 centuries, a breath of life is wafting through the ghostly streets of Pompeii. Under the guidance of a dozen architects, squads of construction workers dig ...

Archaeologists have made a discovery among the ruins of Pompeii that reveals how the Romans built their lavish empire. The team uncovered a construction site, untouched by the eruption of Italy's ...

Back in 2023, we reported on MIT scientists’ conclusion that the ancient Romans employed “hot mixing” with quicklime, among other strategies, to make their famous concrete, giving the material ...

Scientists excavating the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have unearthed a construction site preserved exactly as it was when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, offering unprecedented insight into the ...

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 ...

Thirty years ago this week, a reactor explosion at the Chernobyl power plant in the former Soviet Union resulted in the worst peacetime nuclear disaster in human history. Due to high radiation levels, ...

Two rooms in a vibrantly painted house were recently discovered by archaeologists in Regio V, a previously unexcavated part of ancient Pompeii. The emperor Nero is thought to have visited the southern ...