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This Ancient Construction Site in the Ruins of Pompeii Is Revealing New Secrets About the 2,000-Year-Old Recipe for Roman Concrete

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

Archaeologists Found the Tomb of an Actual Roman Soldier From Year Zero

The tomb and its personal artifacts are some of the first true pieces of evidence of an early Roman presence in the area. The ...
Wrestling Inc. on MSN

Roman Reigns' Most Eye-Popping Luxury Items Worth Serious Money

Roman Reigns has ascended to the top of WWE over the last decade, and the "Tribal Chief" isn't afraid to show off the luxury ...

Roman generals gifted kittens and piglets to their pet monkeys

While archaeologists have previously documented a few similar examples of ancient Roman pet monkeys elsewhere, they ...

Times New Roman vs. Calibri — What your font choice says about you | ChicagoLIVE

Secretary of State Marco Rubio wants Times New Roman back — but why? Typography expert Charles Nix joins ChicagoLIVE to break ...
Live Science on MSN

'This has re-written our understanding of Roman concrete manufacture': Abandoned Pompeii worksite reveal how self-healing concrete was made

The discovery of a 2,000-year-old building site in Pompeii reveals the raw ingredients for ancient Roman self-healing ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Archaeologists open a 1,700-year coffin and unveil Roman treasures

Archaeologists in Hungary have opened a sealed Roman coffin that had not been disturbed for roughly 1,700 years, revealing a ...

Roman officers kept monkeys as companions – and even gave them pets

Roman military officers kept monkeys as companions and even gave them their own pets - Remains in an ancient cemetery provide ...
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Roman telescope construction complete, moving into final testing...

With construction complete, the telescope will now move into final testing. Following testing, Roman will be packaged and ...
CNET on MSN

Trump's State Department Cancels Calibri, Reverts to Times New Roman: Why Font Matters

The Trump administration's State Department, headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, released a memo on Wednesday with bad ...

U.S. State Department changes official font from Calibri back to Times New Roman

The U.S. State Department changed its official font from the reader-friendly Calibri back to Times New Roman. Michel Martin speaks with an accessibility design expert about why fonts matter.