Archaeologists working at an excavation site in Pompeii have uncovered new evidence that helps explain why ancient Roman buildings have ...
NASA has finished building the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, completing assembly of the agency’s next flagship observatory and clearing the way for a final gauntlet of tests before launch. The ...
Yet, everything changed when archaeologists uncovered a remarkably preserved construction site in Pompeii. Buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, the site had retained raw material piles, ...
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 ...
Transformative science depends on disciplined engineering,” stated Amit Kshatriya, Associate Administrator at NASA, as the ...
Excavations of an ancient construction site in Pompeii have revealed the process of how Romans mixed their self-healing ...
An international team of researchers has mapped the entirety of an ancient, buried Roman city known as Falerii Novi using radar scanning technology. The researchers unraveled the secrets of the city, ...
Nathalie Roy has fused her passion for Latin with her interest in the wonders of the ancient world. The result is something new: a class in Roman Technology. This unlikely elective course open to ...
What can concrete made during the Roman Empire help modern engineering develop more efficient concrete? This is what a recent study published in iScience hopes to address as an international team of ...
Rome, as they say, wasn’t built in a day. But it was built with great imagination and engineering brio. From elegantly simple pulleys to arches, aqueducts, and catapults, the Romans harnessed and ...
The Classical Outlook, Vol. 93, No. 4 (2018), pp. 135-145 (11 pages) Corporals Corner. “How to Make Roman Concrete,” YouTube video, 18:45, July 30, 2017, https ...