We have been fascinated, confused and intrigued by Roman “concrete” for three decades. Pompeii is going to solve it for us

Almost 2,000 years have passed since Mount Vesuvius unleashed a pyroclastic hell that devastated everything that was around it. That was what ended Pompeii, but it was also what gave it eternity. The Roman city began to be excavated in 1739 and, we believe, a third of the city is still underground. That’s why it … Read more

We have found the oldest living tree in the EU. It is on Teide and almost coincided with the Roman Empire

Spain is a tourism monster, and one of the most visited points is Teide. The territory of the volcano is imposing, and Bárbol hides on one of its slopes. As the character of ‘The Lord of the Rings‘, Treebeard, a Canary Islands cedar that was the oldest living tree in the European Union. And we … Read more

Roman roads changed the world. And this Google Maps from 2,000 years ago allows you to explore them

What have the Romans given us? It’s not a question I ask myself when I can’t sleep, but the brilliant satire that Monty Python captured in ‘Brian’s life‘. He aqueductsewage, education, irrigation, health, wine, public baths… and roads. At its peak, it is estimated that The empire’s network expanded over 120,000 kilometersbut as excavation has … Read more

Marcus Licinius Crassus was the richest man in the Roman Empire thanks to an old business: real estate speculation

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Ellison are the richest people in the world. Your personal assets It exceeds the annual GDP of many countries, which gives an idea of ​​the size of their wealth. However, that proportion of wealth is not exclusive to modern fortunes. Marcus Licinius Crassus was one of the … Read more

The blue eyes were about to disappear under the Roman Empire. Now we know why

About 35,000 years ago, in Buran-Kayato the north of the mountains of Crimea, the first person who knows that he had blue eyes died. Since then, the story of the Iris clear has been complex, violent and very interesting. Today, thanks to the improvement of genetic analysis techniques, we know many things. In recent years, … Read more

If the question is how the struggles of the Roman gladiators were, the answer was in Serbia: they included bears

Archaeologists (and also novelists and Of course Hollywood) Imagine the Roman amphaters full of gladiators, weapons and wild animalsbeasts captured to submit them in the circus sand. One thing is however imagine or intuit it based on what historical and mosaic stories tell us, and another very different is to find palpable evidence. That is … Read more

It is Cayo Apuleyo Diocles, Roman Auriga

Current sport figures such as Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Rafa Nadal or Fernando Alonso themselves are respected for their abilities in their respective sports disciplines, and sponsors and clubs are responsible for reward them economically In line. However, none of them, not even gathering their fortunes, would never manage to match the richness that the most … Read more

A garbage cube of 2,000 ago in Mallorca exposes the star product of Roman fast food: Zorzal’s skewer

The concept of “fast food“It is currently strongly associated with that of”junk food”. It usually involves a not very healthy dish due to the presence of processed foods. But fast food really exists For centuries And the Romans, of course, have something to say there. And a recent study puts on the table an important … Read more

We have discovered (again) the secret of Roman concrete. Is less impressive than it seems

It does not fail. It seems mathematical. From time to time, the world rediscovers the Roman concrete and hallucin with the durability of a material that allows the Pantheon of Agrippa to have 2,000 years standing (while modern concrete cracks within a few decades). Incidentally, almost with the same regularity, there is some scientist or … Read more

In a town in Badajoz they have encountered a strength of 5,000 years ago. And a Roman with a suspicious burial

The Spanish territory is is filling with solar panels. Whether it’s Taking advantage of the roofs of industrial estates or in huge Photovoltaic plants in the middle of the fieldenergy are clear that we must take advantage of the country’s solar potential. What happens is that, from time to time, they run into unforeseen events. … Read more

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