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Abandoned fortress on top of massive 590ft rock still confusing archaeologists
The ancient rock fortress of Sigiriya in Sri Lanka is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is a marvel of ancient engineering and ...
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Archaeologists Uncover Unusually Large Chunk of Rare ‘Egyptian Blue’ in Nero’s Palace
Archaeologists in Rome have discovered beautiful, ancient ... the palace complex almost 2,000 years ago. Among the brilliant colors, researchers were most excited to find a rare chunk of Egyptian ...
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Topiary: The ancient art of transforming nature into cubes, pyramids and peacocks
The Romans certainly indulged in topiarisation, which they seem to have picked up from the Greeks, and it seems likely that the Ancient Egyptians were snipping ... Louis XIV in the vast 4,000-acre ...
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A Huge Chunk of Prized Egyptian Blue Pigment Is Uncovered in Nero’s Palace
the park noted that study of the blue ingot might better illuminate connection between the Roman painters who decorated the palace and those who rediscovered it during the Renaissance. Egyptian ...