The discovery of a 2,000-year-old building site in Pompeii reveals the raw ingredients for ancient Roman self-healing concrete.

New research shows Roman concrete relied on heat-driven mixing and reactive lime, giving it a surprising self-healing ability.

With construction complete, the telescope will now move into final testing. Following testing, Roman will be packaged and shipped to the Kennedy Space Center, where it will launch from Launch Complex ...

Pompeii Archeological Park site map, with showing where the ancient building site is located, with colour coded piles of raw construction materials (right): purple: debris; green: piles of dry ...

Excavations of an ancient construction site in Pompeii have revealed the process of how Romans mixed their self-healing ...

Archaeologists working at an excavation site in Pompeii have uncovered new evidence that helps explain why ancient Roman buildings have ...

New research shows Roman concrete relied on heat-driven mixing and reactive lime, giving it a surprising self-healing ability ...

Rome's plans for expanded Metro lines have been running into snags for years -- most notably, construction for Metro C has been stopped constantly for almost a decade for new archaeological findings, ...

Construction workers expanding a section of road north of London needed to pause their project after uncovering an unexpected find—a small Roman cemetery dating back roughly 1,500 years. Excavating ...

Clayton County has put the kibosh on a proposed futuristic $800 million mixed-use development amid growing concerns about the contractor’s ability to finance the project and numerous missed deadlines ...

Construction workers came across an "exceptionally preserved" marble statue during a job in the city of Varna in Bulgaria. The Varna Regional Museum of History announced the find in a Facebook post on ...