Roman concrete has shrugged off two millennia of earthquakes, wars, and weather that would pulverize most modern structures ...
Across the Mediterranean, hulking Roman harbors, aqueducts and amphitheaters still stand where modern concrete would have ...
New research into an abandoned construction site in Pompeii has revealed the secrets of Roman cement manufacturing.
From gravity-defying viaducts to simple-yet-sturdy Roman stone arches, the world’s bridges come in all shapes and sizes and have linked towns and cities through the ages. Some of these manmade wonders ...
Several meters of the oak stake tips are still preserved. They were pulled out of the sediment using an excavator. Credit: Archäologischer Dienst des Kantons Bern, Joel Furrer During a routine ...
ADVANTAGE has been taken of the unemployment problem at Littleborough, Lancs, to invite the cooperation of voluntary workers among the unemployed on the ‘dole’ in the repair of the Roman road over ...