Despite the fact that the earliest cave paintings were estimated to be just 16,000 years old, anthropologists and evolutionary psychologists say that the origins of crafts such as music, painting, and writing may be found in the Pleistocene epoch, a period that started more than 1.6 million years ago. Philosophy of a... |
31 January 2009
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The group of Israeli archaeologists that are in charge of investigating the remains of King Herod's winter palace at Herodium believe they have found enough preliminary evidence in order to assume that this was his actual burial place. The walls of crypt found within a two story mausoleum are covered by lavish R... |
21 November 2008
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Known by the original name of “Madonna del Cardellino”, Rafael's 107 by 77 cm (42 by 30 inches) painting is perhaps one of the masterpieces with the most violent past. But now it is safe and sound thanks to the joined efforts of a large number of technicians from the Opificio Delle Pietre Dure in Flo... |
28 October 2008
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In a recent research, scientists used comparisons between ratios of thorium and titanium in the layers of cave paintings, thus calculating the age of each layer. This proved that some of the paintings were completed after even 20,000 years since they were begun. Previous beliefs had it that the cave painting pro... |
6 October 2008
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If you remember the good old days when games only "knew" 256 colors and occupied less than 10 Mb on your computer's HDD, you must remember the things called developer cameos - usually a picture of the team of developers, hidden somewhere within the game. Well... these days are long gone and a new era has started... |
2 June 2008
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The first Homo sapiens employed caves against the cold or the hot weather, or to shelter against rains and wild beasts. Even chimps in Senegal were found to use caves against heat and rain. But what is more important is that caves have preserved many aspects of the life of the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) people. Incl... |
14 February 2008
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Caves represent a world transfixed by millennia, harboring extremely beautiful art works made in limestone by nature's best dab: water.But not only nature creates valuable art in caves. Primitive men employed caves against the cold or the hot weather, or to shelter from rains and wild beasts. On their home caves... |
30 April 2007
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