New research suggests the Romans used a method known as "hot mixing" to produce self-healing concrete, which allowed them to ...

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

Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen in time by the eruption of Italy's ...

Archaeologists uncovered a Pompeii project that reveals how ancient Romans used hot-mixing technology to create durable ...

Scientists have uncovered a construction site frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD at Pompeii, revealing ...

About 2,400 years ago, before the emergence of the Roman empire, a small armada of boats approached the island of Als off the ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza has been studied for centuries, yet new technology is now hinting that one of its oldest mysteries may still be hidden in plain sight. Fresh scans of the 4,500-year-old ...

Some 2.3 billion years ago, the Earth would have been unrecognizable to us. At that time, ancient microorganisms were the dominant life form; there were no animals, no plant life, and certainly no ...