(CNN) — Along with its many other innovations, the Roman Empire revolutionized architecture with never-before-seen features, such as large-scale arches and dome roofs. And many of these structures ...

Concrete has been integral to buildings and architecture since the Romans used it to construct monuments like the Pantheon and the Coliseum. The Romans also used the material to build marine ...

Pompeii Discovery Rewrites the Story of Roman Concrete and Its Self-Healing Power ...

The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts. And those still functional marvels rely on a unique construction material: pozzolanic ...

(CNN) — Along with its many other innovations, the Roman Empire revolutionized architecture with never-before-seen features, such as large-scale arches and dome roofs. And many of these structures ...

Editor’s note: This article first appeared in “The Spillway,” a newsletter of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, February 1993. The Pantheon in Rome has ...

The Roman Empire may be long gone, but its architecture has stood the test of time — most notably, its insanely durable concrete, which has been hailed as the world’s strongest. The building material, ...

After water, concrete is the second most widely used material on the planet. Modern concrete, called Portland cement, has been in use since the late 1890s, but it’s gone through many iterations to get ...