There is no stronger concrete than our concrete today.
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You think so, right?
Unfortunately, I have bad news. Which means you have to 'review' your insight
A cement plant in Texas, USA, has shown it.
Because of the super solid structures that the Romans left to us, they knew that their cement was super strong.
Only people did not know what it was composed of.
This has now been discovered. They used seven initiators, namely limestone, clay, fly ash, gravel, volcanic sand and pig blood and water.
The Romans themselves thought that the pig blood provided this extreme firmness of the grout. But it is the volcanic ash of the Vusuvius that reacts with the water that provided this super solidity.
Our contemporary cement starts to crumble after 10 years.
In the city of Antwerp, everyone has been able to see that clearly at the Theater aan de Meir. The walls in concrete are crumbling after 10 years.
We are now opting for demolition or the restoration of the decline.
The Texas cement plant also noticed this through a test
Both contemporary cement and Roman cement were placed in a pile shape between a crushing device that pressed the municipalities with extreme force.
Today's cement immediately burst into pieces.
While Roman cement held out at twice as strong pressure.
A Roman vassal king, Herod of Judea, was very aware of the extreme strength of their cement.
He had a huge concrete port built in Ceasarea on the coast of Israel. She was 30 football fields.
He lowered huge rectangular bins filled with their cement to the trees and built a harbor with others on top. Until they rose above the water. In this way, he set up a port that could store 300 boats.
Making Judea the largest Roman port.
Judea was therefore also seen as a capital. Boats transport off and on with all the goods you can imagine.
He also had a beautiful palace erected near the port for him and his family.
In the ruins of this port, you can still admire the solidity of Roman concrete.
In Texas, this Roman concrete is now also being used for some construction projects.
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Good, informative blog, @Toto Animo ! This one is supposedly cast in concrete.
Where do the Texans get their volcanic ash?