Roman concrete has shrugged off two millennia of earthquakes, wars, and weather that would pulverize most modern structures in a fraction of the time. The surprising reason is not mystical at all, but ...

Reurbanization work around Plaza de San Miguel and the Coso has brought to light a previously unknown structure in the city.

For centuries, scholars thought they understood how Romans made concrete with exceptional durability. Now, evidence suggests the historical texts describe only part of the picture. Analysis of an ...

Is there a significant survivor bias in analyzing surviving Roman concrete structures? Perhaps a very high percentage of Roman concrete structures fell apart after a few years. Are we just analyzing ...

NEW YORK (AP) — In the quest to build better for the future, some are looking for answers in the long-ago past. Ancient builders across the world created structures that are still standing today, ...

Archaeologists working at an excavation site in Pompeii have uncovered new evidence that helps explain why ancient Roman buildings have lasted for thousands of years. The discovery points to a special ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient walls in Pompeii with volcano Vesuvius in the background. New research suggests builders used a heated quicklime-and-ash ...

NEW YORK — In the quest to build better for the future, some are looking for answers in the long-ago past. Ancient builders across the world created structures that are still standing today, thousands ...