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Professor rediscovers, in 1901, a painting hidden by a 1763 renovation at the University of Salamanca and reveals a 15th-century celestial vault, with constellations, signs, Sun, and Mercury preserved for about 140 years, while only one-third of the original ceiling survived.
1+ hour, 34+ min ago (1525+ words) Above a structure built during later renovations, a vault painted with constellations, zodiac signs, the Sun, and Mercury remained hidden at the University of Salamanca, in Spain, until it was located by Professor García Boiza. Currently known as Cielo de…...
Cave located at an altitude of 1,034 meters held tools up to 52,000 years old.
23+ hour, 42+ min ago (927+ words) The analysis of 1,770 tools found in Ararat-1 Cave, in Armenia, indicates that human groups used the site, between 52,000 and 35,000 years ago, as a stopover point to rest, repair equipment, and replenish their kits. Ararat-1 Cave is a limestone formation located…...
During excavations at an old mansion in Loulé, Portugal, archaeologists found a medieval hammam preserved for about 900 years, considered the only Islamic bath of its kind ever discovered in the country.
1+ day, 36+ min ago (937+ words) The floor of an old mansion in Loulé, in southern Portugal, concealed a structure that remained unidentified for approximately nine centuries. Excavations carried out on the property revealed a medieval hammam, a public bath space used during the Islamic period…...
Few know, but a city founded by 54 German immigrants holds a granite structure with 16 columns, a 26-meter dome, and walls equivalent to 13 stories.
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (787+ words) The Main Church of Brusque, inaugurated in 1962 after eight years of construction, is one of the most unique attractions of the Santa Catarina city known for its strong textile sector. Designed by Gottfried Böhm, a Pritzker Prize winner, the temple…...
Colossal wall surrounds medieval city with 2.5 km, 82 towers, and nine gates almost intact for nearly a thousand years, allowing a 1.7 km walk on the fortification that reveals one of the most preserved landscapes in Spain.
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (902+ words) Even before reaching the historic center of Ávila, in Castile and León, the visitor encounters a 2,516-meter wall that surrounds the medieval city, preserves nine gates, and makes the arrival a decisive part of the tourist experience. From the top…...
646 meters: The engineering error that brought down the tallest structure on the planet
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (942+ words) Built in a rural area of Poland, the Warsaw Radio Mast reached 646.38 meters and transmitted signals to distant places. However, a problem during the replacement of the support cables destroyed the structure in a few seconds. For 17 years, a gigantic…...
Restorers find unprecedented decorations, a room with a starry sky, and historical details preserved since the 1920s during the renovation of Parque Lage in Rio de Janeiro.
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (1038+ words) Walls that seemed ordinary began to reveal designs, colors, and ornaments during the renovation of Parque Lage, in Rio de Janeiro. By removing successive layers applied over the decades, the team found original paintings in different rooms of the historic…...
Forced to repair the facade that threatened to fall from a mansion in Toledo, Spain, the owners discovered that the house was built on top of an entire medieval Arab bath, with vaulted rooms and an oven, from the 13th century.
3+ day, 16+ min ago (635+ words) What happened to the Hyperloop: the low-pressure tube capsule system popularized by Elon Musk promised to travel at nearly 1,220 km/h, had a prototype tested at nearly 387 km/h in the Nevada desert, and saw Hyperloop One close after raising…...
Giant dam in Gibraltar, new cities and farmland: a German's plan to reduce the Mediterranean for a century and unite Europe and Africa
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (755+ words) The Atlantropa project, presented in 1928 by the German architect Hermann Sörgel, aimed to control the entrance of the Atlantic with a dam in the Strait of Gibraltar, reduce the level of the Mediterranean, and transform the exposed seabed into land…...
Instead of demolishing the historic 1,450-ton hotel that occupied the space of a new complex, engineers lifted the structure onto 36 hydraulic platforms with 288 wheels, pulled it six blocks over six days, and put the entire building back into operation.
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (1206+ words) A three-story hotel, built with masonry, cast iron, and wooden structure, crossed six blocks of downtown San Antonio, United States, without being dismantled, after being removed from the path of a new urban complex. To enable the move, engineers lifted…...