There are many reasons to visit Pennsylvania, not the least being larger cities like Pittsburgh, with its beautiful overlooks and skylines, and smaller hideaways full of off-kilter art and eccentric ...
Lime granules trapped in ancient walls show Romans relied on a reactive hot-mix method to making concrete that could now ...
Concrete was the foundation of the Roman Empire. For centuries, researchers have tried to uncover the secret behind the ...
When the a.d. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius blanketed the southern Italian city of Pompeii in layers of volcanic debris, it preserved the bodies of many individuals who had perished. Since ...
The discovery of a 2,000-year-old building site in Pompeii reveals the raw ingredients for ancient Roman self-healing ...
The concrete of ancient Rome was notoriously strong. Many of the buildings, bridges, and aqueducts built by the Romans still ...