Architects also praise rammed earth’s high thermal mass—insulative properties that regulate a building’s indoor temperature.

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

Techniques old and new However, it is hard to tell how widespread this method was in ancient Rome. Much of our understanding of Roman concrete is based on the writings of the ancient Roman architect ...

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 ...

New research suggests the Romans used a method known as "hot mixing" to produce self-healing concrete, which allowed them to ...

Researchers are uncovering new details about Egypt's northern coast through ancient Greek and Roman ruins at Darazya, near El ...

A newly excavated, ancient construction site at Pompeii, frozen in time after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, has allowed archaeologists to finally determine the methods used to make Roman concrete.

One mural was repainted during the Qing Dynasty. With the help of advanced imaging technology, part of the original Ming ...

A view of Jinci Temple in Taiyuan city, Shanxi province. ZHAN YAN/XINHUA China and France are expanding their cooperation in the preservation of ancient buildings. For example, a six-day Sino-French ...