News tagged with ancient architecture
Microbiotas characterized for 19 traditional Italian sourdough breads
Italy is well-known for aesthetics that play to every sense of the human sensory system: automotive style, espresso, ancient architecture, music, and Fettuccini Alfredo, among much else. Now a team of Italian investigators ...
Feb 15, 2012 |
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Oldest Caspian Horse remains discovered in Iran
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Caspian Horse, also known as the "King's Horse" or the Mazandaran horse, is the oldest breed of horse still in existence. The newest discovery of remains makes it even older than originally ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 04, 2011 |
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International team explores rural Galilee and finds ancient synagogue
Among various important discoveries, the 2010 Kinneret Regional Project discovered an ancient synagogue, in use at around 400 AD. This year’s archeological focus is the first systematic excavation on Horvat Kur, a village ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 07, 2010 |
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Nero's rotating banquet hall unveiled in Rome
(AP) -- Archaeologists on Tuesday unveiled what they think are the remains of Roman emperor Nero's extravagant banquet hall, a circular space that rotated day and night to imitate the Earth's movement and ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Visualizing the Aztecs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone who has visited the ancient ruins of great civilizations can appreciate the difficulty of visualizing the buildings at their peak. Today's visitor to the British Museum can see structures ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Ancient Architecture Makes Italian Earthquakes Deadly, Professor Says
A University of Colorado at Boulder professor says the powerful earthquake that knocked down buildings and killed at least 130 people in and around the medieval city of L'Aquila in Italy April 6 is a continuation of violent ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 06, 2009 |
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