Virtual reconstruction of the ancient Persian capital The last time that we speak about Persépolis was owing to the risk for this city and for Pasargada that has the construction of the prey of Sivand, which in addition to overwhelming some areas of archaeological interest, might affect the delicate state of conservation of two big cities...
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Persépolis 3D
Roman mosaic under the cathedral of Reggio Emilia
Pagan rites in the subsoil of a catholic church Photo: Beni Archeologici dell'Emilia-Romagna Esta is one of this news that I like for the metaphor that it contains. A Roman mosaic with scenes that probably represent pagan rites of oriental gods has been discovered under the soil of the Cathedral of Reggio Emilia (Italy). The mosaic was found...
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San Miguel of Lillo
It alerts before his deterioration state Photo: Joseasn Last week jumped the news about the bad state of conservation of one of the emblematic buildings of the architecture prerrománica Asturian, the church of San Miguel of Lillo, in the outskirts of Oviedo. The newspaper The New Spain was gathering it this way: San Miguel of Lillo, one of...
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A child Stonehenge under the lake Michigan?
Strange find, hanging of Grand Traverse Bay is verified, in the lake Michigan (photo: Wikipedia) This history, which has jumped a few days ago in some North American means, began in 2007, when Mark Holley, teacher of Underwater archaeology in Northwestern Michigan University College, discovered to approximately 12 meters under the surface of the waters of...
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The birth of the writing in the ancient Egypt
There was born the writing probably due to the administrative needs of the primitive societies The seated scribe (photo: Wikipedia, click here to enlarge) Egyptology, blog on the ancient Egypt of Tendencies 21, publishes an article of Francisco J. Martín Valentín in which there is analyzed the phenomenon of the invention of the writing in the above mentioned civilization, towards...
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Cleopatra's real face
Or that says that the egiptóloga Sally Ann Ashton Hace tiempo they recreated the supposed real Tutankhamon face from his skull. Now, which would be Cleopatra's face the nearest to the reality has been reconstructed from images of ancient objects, between them a ring of 2000 years ago. The image in...
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Chapel of Dzordzor
Armenian monasteries of Iran in the list of the World Patrimony (and 3) East year the UNESCO included in his list of World Patrimony a set of Armenian Christian monasteries of Iran: San Tadeo, San Stepanos and the Chapel of the God's Holy Mother in Dzordzor, about which we speak today. The Dzordzor chapel...
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