Over the past two decades, excavations at Laodicea, the Roman provincial capital of Phrygia in modern-day Turkey, have produced some remarkable finds. These have included frescoed travertine walls, a ...

Roman concrete is pretty amazing stuff. It's among the main reasons we know so much about Roman architecture today. So many structures built by the Romans still survive, in some form, thanks to their ...

Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the construction of buildings, bridges, and aqueducts, many of which are still ...

MIT researchers have made a significant breakthrough in understanding why ancient Roman concrete structures have endured for millennia. By analysing a newly uncovered construction site in Pompeii, the ...