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 ...

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 ...

A construction site dating back nearly 2,000 years to the putative demise of Pompeii in 79 CE has revealed new evidence for the secret behind Ancient Rome's ultra-durable concrete. Last year, from ...

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 ...

Researchers studying a perfectly preserved construction site in Pompeii have confirmed that ancient Romans used a 'hot-mixing' technique to make concrete that could repair itself over time. By ...

Researchers have turned to an ancient Roman concrete recipe to develop more durable concrete that lasts for centuries and can potentially reduce the carbon impact of the built environment. To ...

(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 ...