Due to the fact that the Forbidden City in Beijing is probably one of the most fascinating places on Earth, the Palace Museum and IBM have made a partnership in order to recreate the Chinese imperial palace in the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, in a 3D universe. The result of this project is that anyone... |
9 March 2009
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Some smugglers from Philippine were trying to transport 22 bags of ancient pottery out of the country, in order to sell it abroad for a large sum of money. The local police captured them, together with the unearthed goods, but the antique pieces of pottery proved to be a big surprise for experts. The scientists at t... |
27 October 2008
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In an attempt to address the downfall of the planetary ocean, as well as in order to provide a live learning place for scholars or for curious people, the Smithsonian museum will house the Sant Ocean Hall, a place where both living and fossil specimens from the depths of the oceans are exposed. The deepest leve... |
25 September 2008
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The first underwater museum in the world will allow Egypt's visitors to glance at the remains of queen Cleopatra's Palace covered long ago by the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. The area near the New Library of Alexandria, where Cleopatra and her Roman lover, Mark Antony stayed just before she commit... |
18 September 2008
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During a tour of a region where nearly eight years ago a mummified duckbill was found, a public relations coordinator from the Texas museum discovered the fossil of a duckbilled dinosaur that roamed the Earth some 75 million years ago. Leonardo, as the mummified specimen found in Montana was named, is currently on di... |
4 June 2008
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It may seem rather strange, but meteorites - especially iron ones - with gem intrusions are extremely valuable items for collectors. Some of these space rocks may routinely exceed prices of one million US dollars on the market, while less valued items make their way to museums. Don't even think that thieves will... |
19 March 2008
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Saturn V, commonly known as the Moon Rocket, was the first rocket to carry a manned mission into space for a lunar landing. On 16th July 1969, it launched the Apollo 11 mission into the Earth's orbit and put the first man on the Moon. Now, after more than 35 years of laying outside the neighboring U.S. Space & R... |
4 February 2008
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What's going on there at the PlayStation Museum? Are they kicking the can? They must be if there are currently over 1500 games auctioned on eBay for 30K, including PSX hardware. What, does it sound expensive? In case you need a reminder, these are the PSX classics that practically made-up 70% of our childhood.OK... |
22 May 2007
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