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Now on View: Andrea Amati’s “King” Cello, on Loan from the National Music Museum

Arian Sheets, Curator of Stringed Instruments, National Music Museum For centuries, the Amati name has been lauded in connection with the violins, violas, and cellos produced by the family’s four generations of instrument makers in the Tuscan city of Cremona. The early history of Cremonese lutherie is shrouded in mystery, but the survival of around

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Lost Egyptian City of Thonis-Heracleion Resurfaces After 1000-Year Submersion ‎

Th𝚘nis H𝚎𝚛𝚊cl𝚎i𝚘n th𝚎 L𝚘st Cit𝚢: In 1987 м𝚊𝚛itiм𝚎 𝚊𝚛ch𝚎𝚘l𝚘𝚐ist F𝚛𝚊nck G𝚘𝚍𝚍i𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚞n𝚍𝚎𝚍 th𝚎 Insтιт𝚞t E𝚞𝚛𝚘𝚙é𝚎n 𝚍’A𝚛ché𝚘l𝚘𝚐i𝚎 S𝚘𝚞s-M𝚊𝚛in𝚎 (Th𝚎 E𝚞𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚊n Insтιт𝚞t𝚎 𝚘𝚏 Un𝚍𝚎𝚛w𝚊t𝚎𝚛 A𝚛ch𝚊𝚎𝚘l𝚘𝚐𝚢) in 𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛 t𝚘 c𝚘nc𝚎nt𝚛𝚊t𝚎 s𝚘l𝚎l𝚢 𝚘n 𝚞n𝚍𝚎𝚛w𝚊t𝚎𝚛 𝚎xc𝚊ʋ𝚊ti𝚘ns. H𝚎 h𝚊s 𝚏𝚘𝚞n𝚍 s𝚎ʋ𝚎𝚛𝚊l iм𝚙𝚘𝚛t𝚊nt shi𝚙w𝚛𝚎cks incl𝚞𝚍in𝚐 th𝚎 S𝚊n Di𝚎𝚐𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚞n𝚍 in th𝚎 w𝚊t𝚎𝚛s 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎 Phili𝚙𝚙in𝚎s 𝚊n𝚍 N𝚊𝚙𝚘l𝚎𝚘n B𝚘n𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚛t𝚎’s 𝚏l𝚊𝚐shi𝚙 𝚍𝚞𝚛in𝚐 his c𝚊м𝚙𝚊i𝚐n

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Ancient Roman roads – a monument to history and road construction

The ancient Romans were famous builders. They left behind them many bridges, canals, stone-paved roads and other engineering masterpieces all throughout the Roman Empire. The vast Roman Empire boasted a very large and extensive network of roads. It is estimated that the roads in the network were more than 400,000 km long and that over

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Pyramid of the Magician – Uxmal, Mexico – You’re Not From Around Here, Are You?

Uxmal (pronounced “oosh-mahl”) is one of the sites I didn’t visit last time I was in Yucatan. Since then I kept seeing it in books and travel shows. The name of the main structure, the Pyramid of the Magician is evocative enough that I had to make it there this time. Entering though the gift

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Arg-e Bam the citadel of Bam, is the largest adobe brick construction in the world

The Arg-e Bam (Bam Citadel) was the largest adobe building in the world, located in Bam, a city in the Kerman Province of southeastern Iran. It is listed by UNESCO as part of the World Heritage Site “Bam and its Cultural Landscape”. The origin of this enormous citadel on the Silk Road can be traced

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Signs of Hunter-Gatherer Life Examined in Britain

News reports that footprints and fish traps dated to the Mesolithic period have been found in the Severn Estuary, where the River Severn meets the Bristol Channel, between southwestern England and southern Wales. Martin Bell of the University of Reading said that the 7,000-year-old traps were made by strong, flexible willow stems woven around wooden

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War of Shapur and Valerian

The triumph of Shapur was commemorated by rock-carvings showing him on horse-back and his Roman opponent kneeling before him at Naqsh-i Rustam and at BIshapur. Shapur’s forces again ravaged Syria and also invaded Cappadocia. In the great inscription of Shapur I the various cities taken are listed, but they were not held for more than

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Tetisheri – The last known pyramid for a queen in Ancient Egypt is back!

The sacred archaeological site of Abydos in Upper Egypt is one of the most fascinating sites in the country- rich in its ancient ruins spanning the entire Ancient Egyptian era. The Tetiisheri mudbrick pyramid in Abydos after its restoration. Photo : Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities Chia sẻFacebookXWhatsAppTelegramLinkedIn In Photos: Egypt unveils discovery of corridor

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Cracking the Code: Cutting Edge Prehistoric Human Technology Associated with the Pyramids – News

The eпigma of the ancient pyramids coпtiпua caυtivaпd qυieпes find themselves attracted by the mysteries of forgotten history and advanced civilizations. Contrary to popυlar belief, these moпυmetal structures were mere tombs; Nυпca is eпcoпtraroп mummies behind sυs mυros. In turn, the disposal sites of mummified remains were discovered elsewhere, which prompted a reevaluation of its

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