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Rome's Concrete Heals Its Own Cracks 🏛️ #Shorts #lessontoday
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Three takeaways
- Why is the Pantheon still standing after nearly 1,900 years, when a lot of modern concrete crumbles within decades?
- In 2023, a team led by MIT found a clue in tiny white lumps of lime in Roman concrete.
- The Romans likely "hot mixed" their concrete with quicklime.
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