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Three Unfinished Roman Megaprojects [12:20]
12+ hour, 57+ min ago (279+ words) More than any other premodern culture, the Romans are associated with feats of engineering. The Pantheon. The Colosseum. The Pont du Gard. Monuments that seem to defy both gravity and time. But sometimes, even the Romans fell short of completing…...
What Is Spolia? Roman Reuse at Sardis
23+ hour, 48+ min ago (569+ words) What does spolia mean? At Sardis, archaeologists found a late Roman wall built with pieces of an older temple, alongside other evidence of stones reused in streets and monuments. The post What Is Spolia? How Roman Sardis Reused Its Ancient…...
The Origins of “Poli-Tech”: What the Historical Record Shows
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (30+ words) The history of technology and politics commentary includes a term that has been used to describe the intersection of the two …...
DJ decks among funerary monuments celebrated in 'Cemetery of the Year"
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (640+ words) You've heard of Sports Personality of the Year - and Shed, Horse and even Rear of the Year. Now get ready for something altogether more niche: Cemetery of the Year. In a bid to keep up with more mainstream professions, Britain's…...
From Ground Zero to Uniondale: The next generation of emergency response
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (611+ words) When the planes struck the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, Jessica Ellerbe was a seventh grader sitting inside the chapel at Long Island Lutheran Middle School in Brookville. She remembers the sudden seriousness that swept through the school. Students whose…...
Sheffield city centre shop siren goes silent after more than 150 years
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (440+ words) A city centre siren which went off daily at lunchtime for more than 150 years has sounded for the final time. The 13:00 time signal at HL Brown jewellers and watchmakers, on the corner of Barker's Pool and Leopold Street in Sheffield,…...
Preserving The Past: A log cabin for the history books
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (890+ words) Log cabin in route to its new home. It was previously located on the campus of Milton High School. Today in Georgia, the FFA has more than 390 local chapters in middle and high schools, more than 80,000 students and 700 agricultural teachers....
Grey Roots to close for month during $300K roof replacement
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (467+ words) Grey County is moving ahead with the final phase of a roof replacement project at Grey Roots Museum and Archives. The latest section of the work will cost just over $300,000 and will force the museum to close from September 15 to…...
Press Photos - 1976 Centennial Anniversary
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (175+ words) Marietta Daily Journal The Lost Mountain Baptist Church celebrates its 100th anniversary in 1976. There was a problem reporting this. Remember the human. Show other commenters the respect they deserve as human beings. If you wouldn't say it in a crowded room…...
“Far Older Than Khufu”: Egypt’s Great Pyramid May Have Been Built in the Stone Age, as Early as 40,000 BC
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (443+ words) An engineer measured weathering at the Great Pyramid. His results push its construction back by millennia. The remaining casing stones were preserved due to one simple reason – they had been buried under sand before they could be removed from the…...