So, Roman concrete just... won't fall. The Pantheon is still standing. Roman harbor walls have been sitting in seawater for two millennia and are somehow fine. Every few years, another study comes out ...

Ancient Roman concrete, which was used to build aqueducts, bridges, and buildings across the empire, has endured for over two thousand years. In a study publishing July 25 in the Cell Press journal ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Pantheon in Rome lit up The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Arch of Caligula at the archaeological site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by Mount Vesuvius' eruption in AD 79.

Roman concrete's durability and strength blows our own out of the water (in this case, literally). And after years of research, we're getting better at understanding why. Share on Facebook (opens in a ...

Ancient Rome was full of master builders and engineers. The fruits of their labors can still be seen in the aqueducts they built—which still function to this day—as well as the Pantheon, a nearly ...

The Romans used concrete to build aqueducts, bridges and buildings that have endured for over 2,000 years. The post Why Roman concrete was more sustainable than modern materials appeared first on ...

(CNN) — Along with its many other innovations, the Roman Empire revolutionized architecture with never-before-seen features, such as large-scale arches and dome roofs. And many of these structures ...