Archaeologists excavating the site of Pompeii have uncovered an ancient building site, revealing Roman construction techniques used by builders at the time, according to the Italian Ministry of Culture.
The ancient Roman city of Pompeii was home to up to 20,000 people before it was destroyed in the 79 AD eruption, which was visible from more than 40 kilometers away. More than 2,000 people died as a direct consequence. Now, archaeologists in Italy have unearthed further details on how the Romans were able to build such durable and iconic structures such as the Colosseum and Pantheon.
The ministry pointed to evidence of enormous piles of stones, ceramics and tiles collected to be transformed into cocciopesto, which was a common floor covering made with plaster and crushed bricks used across the ancient city. The ongoing work follows a report by Massachusetts Institute of Technology in January 2023 which outlined why ancient concrete is so much stronger than modern concrete. The Pompeii Archeological Park collaborated with MIT on the report.
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