Roman Concrete Ingredients at Pompeii Analyzed - Archaeology Magazine

Pompeii archaeology breakthrough as experts make fascinating building discovery

Researchers have been offered an incredible glimpse into ancient Roman technology.

Roman Concrete Ingredients at Pompeii Analyzed - Archaeology Magazine

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS—According to a Reuters report, Admir Masic of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his colleagues analyzed building materials discovered in a complex at Pompeii that includes a bakery and living areas. The structures were under renovation when Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, burying the city in volcanic ash and preserving the work in progress at the bakery. Masic said the building materials demonstrate that t…