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A white marble disc some 20 centimeters across, flat on one side and convex on the other, perforated in the center and presenting two concentric circles on the convex side, was found in the Mediterranean coast of Israel near the ancient Yavne-Yam port city. The Israeli authorities said in a press release issued this ... |
15 July 2008
04:29 GMT |
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This time, the treasure emerged off the coast of Namibia. The 500-year old ship was filled with tons of copper ingots, elephant tusks, gold coins, coffin-sized timber fragments, plus the cannons. The discovery was made by Namdeb Diamond Corp., a joint venture of the government of Namibia and De Beers. The geologists ... |
6 May 2008
03:54 GMT |
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This is the second canal in the world after the Suez Canal (161 km or 100 mi), having a length of 81.3 km (51 mi). The Panama Canal is located on the territory of the state with the same name, connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean (via Caribbean Sea). The idea of digging a canal to cut short the maritim... |
19 March 2008
10:32 GMT |
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For millennia, people had been making ships of wood. Than, around 1790, the first iron ship was made. People thought iron would sink, as it is denser than the wood. But the floating capacity depends on the ratio between weight and volume. No matter the weight of a ship, it will float if its volume is large enough. A ... |
23 January 2008
08:24 GMT |
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It is perhaps the most worldwide known symbol of England: the Tower Bridge. It is associated with the Tower of London, not to be confused with the London Bridge. During the 18th and 19th centuries, many bridges were built over Thames. In 1750, the old London Bridge had such a weak foundation and was so narrow that it... |
3 December 2007
08:50 GMT |
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If we take a look at modern-day Danish people, they do not seem to resemble their ancestors, the bloody Viking warriors. Still, a modern day replica of a Viking ship has managed to re-create the route of the ancient Vikings, entering Dublin's harbor on Tuesday, after an arduous 1,000-mile (1,600 km) journey from... |
16 August 2007
03:20 GMT |
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From the end of the 8th century till the end of the 10th, the Norsemen caused tremendous terror among those living on the shores of Western Europe, from Baltic Sea to Scotland, Ireland and northwestern France. Their ships went to Spain, North Africa, Black Sea, Caspian Sea and by the 11th century, Vikings detained l... |
14 August 2007
14:06 GMT |
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People were still carving stone for tools when they started seafaring adventures. Tools of the most ancient seafarers known by now were found on the seabed off Cyprus: they are over 12,000 years old, long before the island became populated with its first permanent inhabitants, 10,000 B.C. The newly found items could ... |
20 July 2007
05:37 GMT |
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It is true that a whale's tongue can be 3 tons heavy but that of a humpback whale wrecked Wednesday on the steep, rocky shores of Admiralty Island (south of Juneau, southeast Alaska) was really unusual: its swollen tongue was the size of a small car!It is believed that a collision with a ship forced air into the... |
19 July 2007
04:22 GMT |
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The Panama Canal has been facing a capacity shortage due to the size of the new cargo ships. The third shipping lane added to the canal will be ready by 2014, 100 years later after the opening of the 51 mi (82 km) long canal, opening the era of the post-Panamax ships. Panamax is a maritime shipping standard describin... |
29 June 2007
03:20 GMT |
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Among the arsenal of the most advanced military superpowers, one weapon is the most feared. It's not the atomic bomb, it's even more powerful, while being almost undetectable and can launch a devastating surprise attack on almost any country in the world.Operating underwater at pressures beyond the range o... |
19 June 2007
10:59 GMT |
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The porcelains originated in China, dating from probably the second century AD. The exported Chinese porcelains of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were so precious in Europe that in English China became a commonly used synonym for the Franco-Italian term porcelain (from the old Italian porcella (little pig),... |
19 June 2007
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A new plasma rocket design underwent thorough testing and eventually broke the endurance record for its class, and could provide the next generation of propulsion systems for future space missions.Plasma propulsion engines use accelerated plasma for propulsion. Though far less powerful than conventional atmospheric ... |
14 June 2007
11:24 GMT |
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There's no wood having a longer history than that of cedar wood. Cedars are coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, related to the Firs (Abies). They are native to the mountains of the western Himalaya and the Mediterranean region. The Mediterranean type grows at 1,000-2,200 m altitudes.The most famous Lebanese ce... |
29 May 2007
15:06 GMT |
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In recent years, space tourism has been a refreshing alternative and even if for the moment the pioneers pay around $20 million for a trip to the International Space Station, future trips will get more affordable, as many companies are trying to get a piece of the space cake. One of them is Benson Space Company of P... |
26 May 2007
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The discovery of the greatest sunken treasure ever, estimated at $500 million, has just been announced, and things got heated up. Spain is already investigating whether the treasure was stolen from its waters or from a shipwrecked Spanish galleon, as announced by the Spanish government yesterday.The treasure was dis... |
22 May 2007
03:02 GMT |
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One of the first maritime civilizations rose on the Mediterranean, so it's no wonder that now archaeologists have found embedded in the mud of the seafloor the world's oldest wooden anchor of an ancient port at the Aegean Sea in what is now Turkey. The ancient Greek colony, named Klazomenai, founded in the... |
18 May 2007
02:47 GMT |
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The space shuttle Atlantis is the fourth operational shuttle built and one of the three fully operational shuttles remaining in the fleet. It took two and a half months to repair its external fuel tank and today it began the slow journey back to the launch pad.On June 8, the shuttle is programmed for a flight to the... |
15 May 2007
09:03 GMT |
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At least some of the amphoras suspected to be 2,200-year-old dug in a Bosnia-Herzegovina swamp are believed to have carried wine, as expressed by experts on Monday. "A preliminary analysis showed amphoras, found at what are believed remains of the first-ever discovered Illyrian ships, were used for transporting wine... |
10 April 2007
07:20 GMT |
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When you think of marine civilizations, your mind may go to Greeks or Vikings, but actually a much older one is that of the Phoenicians. They called themselves Canaanites and their land Canaan, located along the coastal plains of what is now Lebanon and Syria. The Phoenician cities were built on the coast, in places... |
5 April 2007
11:52 GMT |
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Totally Games are the creators behind the highly appreciated X-Wing series. In 2002, they made the connection to the famous Star Trek series. The Sci-Fi world and conventions were utterly changed once the Star Trek universe caught shape. U.S.S. Enterprise became the ultimate ship in the eyes of every science-fiction ... |
12 March 2007
12:29 GMT |
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10 years ago, researchers discovered a shipwreck just off the Atlantic Beach, in North Carolina and it was supposed to have belonged to the famous pirate Blackbeard. Now, archaeologists have announced that in three years, the shipwreck will be fully excavated. "That's really our target," says Steve Claggett, the... |
3 March 2007
05:11 GMT |
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