Thousands of years ago, numerous ancient Egyptian monuments, including pyramids, tombs and average homes, were buried under the sands. Now, thanks to efforts of American researchers and cutting-edge space technology, they are slowly beginning to resurface. Researchers are using satellite imagery to figure out where t... |
31 May 2011
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While it may be of little interest to some, mathematicians and physicists are extremely interested in learning which shapes would fill a container best. Studies about packing all sorts of things into given spaces are nothing new, and a wide variety of algorithms exist to inform packing companies. Still, when it comes... |
17 May 2010
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In the sulfurous heat of the desert, the best laid strategies can quickly melt and be replaced by all out chaos. Especially when the initial disposition of the troops is bad, when artillery threatens to take out one of my flanks and when the Mamluk cavalry is quick enough to run circles around my water-deprived Frenc... |
11 March 2010
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One of the things that annoy archaeologists and historians most is the fact that ancient people were in the habit of presenting only the privileged few when designing artwork. Regardless of whether we're talking about papyrus scrolls, murals, paintings, music or text, there is always a certain group of people th... |
8 March 2010
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The Lahun pyramid was first discovered and excavated about a century ago, but, thus far, the mud-brick-built structure has revealed little significant secrets. On Sunday, however, the head of the excavations at the 4,000-year-old site announced that a cache of mummies had been discovered, each neatly buried in its li... |
27 April 2009
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