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 ...
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Unfinished Pompeii Project Reveals Ancient Roman Building Technology

Archaeologists uncovered a Pompeii project that reveals how ancient Romans used hot-mixing technology to create durable ...
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'This has re-written our understanding of Roman concrete manufacture': Abandoned Pompeii worksite reveal how self-healing concrete was made

The discovery of a 2,000-year-old building site in Pompeii reveals the raw ingredients for ancient Roman self-healing ...
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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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Build underground house and swimming pool on the cliff by ancient skill full video

Explore the construction of an underground house and swimming pool set into the cliffside, utilizing ancient building ...
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Pompeii building site reveals how the Romans made concrete

Excavations of a workshop that was buried in Pompeii almost 2000 years ago have given archaeologists unique insights into ...
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What If Our Buildings Could Self-Heal? The Romans Had the Answer

Roman buildings were engineered with hot mixed, self-healing concrete of quicklime and volcanic ash that strengthens in seawater.

Pompeii archaeology breakthrough as experts make fascinating building discovery

Yet, everything changed when archaeologists uncovered a remarkably preserved construction site in Pompeii. Buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, the site had retained raw material piles, ...
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Unearthing Ancient Secrets: Roman Concrete's Timeless Legacy

Scientists have uncovered a construction site frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD at Pompeii, revealing ...
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Ancient hot-mixing technique gave Roman concrete self-healing properties

In the ancient Roman city of 'Pompeii,' buried by a massive volcanic eruption about 2,000 years ago, a site has been newly excavated that vividly showcases ancient Roman construction techniques. A ...

An ancient stone staircase seemed to lead nowhere. Now it’s revealing the ‘lost Pompeii’

Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.