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Lake Nemi: The Floating Palaces of Diana’s Mirror

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On 15 July 1535, a Bolognese soldier and engineer...

The Ancient Finds of America: Too Deep to Be a Joke

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Three men, working three different rigs across three different...

Aether: The 1729 Debate Over What Fills the Heavens

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Editorial Note The entry below ran as two installments of...

The Coherence Theory

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Before there were algorithms, there were granaries. The first large-scale...

Older Than the Date on the Door

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There is a version of the buried buildings argument that treats submersion as metaphor, as a way of describing how older architectural traditions were...

The Phare du Monde Tower

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The Phare du Monde tower, proposed for the 1937 Paris Exhibition. The structure was designed for the World’s Fair in Paris, but it was...

Le Petit Palais in Paris, France

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Le Petit Palais in Paris, France was built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle ("World's Fair"), it now houses the City of Paris Museum of...

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