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 structures built by the Romans still survive, in some form, thanks to their ...

A Pompeii site reveals the recipe for Roman concrete. It contradicts a famous architect’s writings

Excavations of an ancient construction site in Pompeii have revealed the process of how Romans mixed their self-healing ...
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 ...
Phys.org

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 construction of buildings, bridges, and aqueducts, many of which are still ...
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 ...