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An Empire in Death: The Extensive Remains of Persepolis
... efforts. Further, there are also numerous freestanding columns topped with griffins, winged bulls, or lions ... has since lost its roof, but it retains its monumental columns and colossal Assyrian statutes of winged bulls with ...
Riley Winters - 24/11/2017 - 23:03
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Divination: Art, Luck or Whim of the Gods?
... the current digital era, there were ‘lonely hearts’ columns in newspapers and magazines – indeed a surprising ...
Charles Christian - 26/03/2019 - 14:36
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The Mind-Blowing Architecture and Engineering of Rome’s Colosseum
... in the design of the Roman Colosseum’s exterior. The columns of the ground floor were done in the simpler Tuscan ... floor was stylistically different. Rather than arches and columns, the fourth floor was made up of flat panels. While ...
Robbie Mitchell - 16/10/2022 - 22:50
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The Roman Pantheon: National Treasure and Legacy of a Powerful Empire
... The Pantheon is also notable for its 16 massive Corinthian columns, each carved out of a single block of Egyptian ... almost 12 meters (39.4 feet). This differs from the Greek columns which were articulated and built in sections. The ...
dhwty - 18/09/2017 - 01:59
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El Infiernito: Sacred Site of the Muisca Civilization of Colombia
... Joaquin Acosta initially reported twenty- five stone columns to have been erected in the Monquira Valley, but as ...
Gisele Santos - 25/09/2015 - 14:58
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Saint Peter’s Basilica: A Magnificent Renaissance Icon
... of the period, is characterized by elegant Corinthian columns running alongside the entrances, and the statues of ... The façade of St Peter’s Basilica with Corinthian columns and inscription. Credit: Ioannis Syrigos The other ...
Aleksa Vučković - 01/12/2019 - 23:00
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Discovery of Bronze Age Fortifications on Ustica Island
... new study. Hidden Gems of Sicily: The Abandoned Temple Columns of Cave di Cusa Pyramids in Sicily: Forgotten ...
Nathan Falde - 06/01/2024 - 13:57
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Ikea-style flat-pack church that sunk in a shipwreck around 500 AD to be revived
... southeast coast. She and his team got 28 Corinthian-style columns and bases, pieces of a pulpit and choir-screen slabs, ...
Mark Miller - 18/11/2015 - 21:54
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The Forgotten Stones of Aswan Quarry, Egypt
... lintels above the Kings Chamber, and numerous sarcophagi, columns, and megalithic blocks on the plateau and beyond. The ...
Hugh Newman - 18/08/2014 - 03:52
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Ancient Egyptian Logbook of Inspector Who Helped Construct the Great Pyramid Revealed
... of several months – in the form of a timetable with two columns per day – with many operations related to the ...
Alicia McDermott - 19/07/2016 - 21:50
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Four Umayyad Inscriptions Unearthed in Turkey’s Ancient City of Knidos
... With magnificent structures, a port street lined with columns, an agora, two ancient theaters and two ports, the ...
Sahir - 06/04/2022 - 18:49
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The Enigma Of Nan Madol: Home of Pre-Flood Stone Gods
... stacked piles of prismatic basalt. The four-to eight-sided columns of this dark, dense and smooth material formed ...
Alistair - 02/09/2020 - 20:23
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Caves in Paradise: The Elite School of Aristotle
... including the wall prop of a two-floor arcade of Ionic columns forming a Π, have been preserved until now. The ...
Natalia Klimczak - 15/01/2016 - 00:45
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Syrian Army Discovers Tragic Destruction of Apamea at the Hands of Terrorists
... renowned for its immense street of 1200 uniquely-designed columns, the Great Colonnade, which ran for nearly 2 km (1.2 ...
Joanna Gillan - 29/05/2019 - 19:00
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Lagash, the Lost City of Mesopotamia
... ). His name "Eannatum" is written vertically in two columns in front of his head. ( Louvre Museum / CC BY SA ...
Aleksa Vučković - 09/01/2022 - 14:00
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Polish Archaeologists Discover Rare Gift from Father of Cleopatra
... fragment has a hieroglyphic text painted on it in ink. Two columns of cartouches with ornamental borders surrounding the ...
Robin Whitlock - 16/07/2015 - 12:01
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Was Pisa’s 1016 Sardinia Expedition the First Crusade of Them All?
... smorgasbord of international influences. Gigantic marble columns linked the rising city state to the architectural ...
Jake Leigh-Howarth - 10/05/2022 - 23:01
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Lost Medieval Chapel Unearthed 370 Years After Destruction
... and contained “ultra-fine masonry,” fragments of stone columns and a delicate stone vaulting from the ceiling with ...
ashley cowie - 21/02/2020 - 05:10
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The Hidden History Of Egypt: Khemitology
... have been fine for the shaping of limestone, as in the columns and flat surfaces which make up many of the palaces ...
brien - 17/01/2014 - 09:37
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Archaeologists Puzzle Over Huge Iron Age Ceramic Jar Found in UAE
... and 900 AD, with the ceiling of the hall supported by 20 columns made of date palms and stone bases, arranged in rows ...
Sahir - 22/09/2022 - 14:56