We’ve known about the birch bark glue Romans used on their clay pots and jars for a while, but now researchers in Germany are calling it “Caesar’s Superglue.” Researchers at the Rhine State Museum in Bonn apparently found it used to bond silver plate to an iron helmet in a 2000 year old repair job. The superglue part: the bond was still good.

Posted December 4, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Dispatches, Technology. Tags: adhesives, Caesar's Superglue, glue, romans, superglue.

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