A digital architectural reconstruction has researchers believing a “lost Pompeii” existed with towers atop villas.
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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 ...
New research into an abandoned construction site in Pompeii has revealed the secrets of Roman cement manufacturing.
Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.
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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 ...
Isotopic analysis confirmed that the workers in Pompeii relied on hot-mixing when making their concrete. Samples from the ...
Lime granules trapped in ancient walls show Romans relied on a reactive hot-mix method to making concrete that could now ...
The only snag was that this didn’t match the recipe as described in historical texts. Now the same team is back with a fresh ...
Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen in time by the eruption of Italy's Mount Vesuvius volcano in 79 AD, clarifying the ingredients and methods ...
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Scientists Found the Secret to Roman Concrete in a Half-Finished Pompeii Living Room
Concrete was the foundation of the Roman Empire. For centuries, researchers have tried to uncover the secret behind the ...
Groundbreaking micoexcavations at Pompeii have revealed that the city's slaves may have eaten better than its free Romans.
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