Concrete is an incredibly useful and versatile building material on which not only today’s societies, but also the ancient Roman Empire was built. To this day Roman concrete structures can be ...

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University announced a breakthrough in ...

T he Pantheon in Rome has stood for nearly 2,000 years, boasting the largest unreinforced concrete dome on Earth. Many other ...

The most recent of these studies reveals that some ancient Roman structures are even stronger today than they were when they were built. Put simple, the Romans really knew their concrete.

The Secret Of Ancient Rome’s Concrete Has Finally Been Revealed What did Roman engineers know about construction that we don't? After 2,000 years, we may have an answer.

This microscopic image shows the lumpy calcium-aluminum-silicate-hydrate (C-A-S-H) binder material that forms when volcanic ash, lime, and seawater mix. Platy crystals of Al-tobermorite have grown ...

Long valued for use in building materials, it cropped up in Roman concrete, which was “used by Romans to build the Pantheon, which is nearly 1,000 years old and has a self-supporting oculus at ...

Maybe concrete is second behind water because water is needed to make concrete... Username March 21, 2025 09:30 AM The Romans didn't make klinker and their concrete still stands today.