A growing number of scientists have been studying materials from long-ago eras — chipping off chunks of buildings, poring over historical texts, mixing up copycat recipes — hoping to uncover how they’ve held up for millennia.
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By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) In the quest to build better for the future, some are looking for answers in the long-ago past. Ancient builders across the world created structures that are still standing today, thousands of years later from Roman engineers who poured thick concrete sea barriers, to […]
Ancient builders across the world created structures that are still standing today, thousands of years later from Roman engineers who poured thick concrete sea barriers, to Maya masons who crafted plaster sculptures to their gods, to Chinese builders who raised walls against invaders.