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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 ...
Lime granules trapped in ancient walls show Romans relied on a reactive hot-mix method to making concrete that could now ...
New research shows Roman gold and silver mining in the Balkans was central to imperial finances, coinage, and power for ...
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The teenage Roman emperor who scandalized an empire and died at 18
Elagabalus became Roman emperor at 14, was assassinated at 18, and managed to pack more scandal into those four years than ...
New research into an abandoned construction site in Pompeii has revealed the secrets of Roman cement manufacturing.
Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the ...
A discovery in Sardinia reveals up to 50,000 intact Roman coins, prompting research into trade, shipwrecks, and Mediterranean routes.
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In a Remote Egyptian Port, Roman Officers May Have Proven Their Status by Owning Exotic Monkeys From India
Berenike was an isolated, windswept outpost. It linked the Roman Empire to the trade routes of India, Arabia, and East Africa ...
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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 ...
New DNA analysis reveals how the rise and fall of the Roman Empire ultimately shifted the population in the Balkans.
While excavating at the ancient fort of La Loma in the northern Iberian Peninsula, archaeologists found the shattered ...
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