Ancient Roman infrastructure has stood the test of time. Today, you can walk through Italy and see concrete buildings, roads and aqueducts that have survived for about two millennia. Modern concrete, ...

An ancient sample shows calcite threading through the material’s cracks and pores, with possible lessons for making modern ...

An ancient Pompeii wall at a newly excavated site, where Associate Professor Admir Masic applied compositional analysis (overlayed to right) to understand how ancient Romans made concrete that has ...

One of the best-preserved ancient Roman homes on the Palatine Hill is opening to the public for the first time, albeit via a livestreamed tour of its hard-to-reach underground frescoes and mosaics.

Wax tablets were among the oldest writing media, and scientists have recently uncovered the secrets of their technology. In Ancient Rome, if you needed to write a letter, you wouldn't reach for ...