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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Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the ...

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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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Long dismissed as poor construction, ‘self-healing’ lime clasts have helped Ancient Roman structures persist for millennia.

A construction site dating back nearly 2,000 years to the putative demise of Pompeii in 79 CE has revealed new evidence for ...

New research shows Roman concrete relied on heat-driven mixing and reactive lime, giving it a surprising self-healing ability ...