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Rome Reborn

Rome Reborn
Images - Rome Reborn 2.2 - City Views An aerial view of the city center seen from the east. Visible are the Tiber River, Circus Maximus, Palatine, and Colosseum. Medium Resolution A typical street scene. Shops are on the first floor of apartment buildings. Medium Resolution Aqueducts supplied Rome with clean water brought from sources far from the city. Medium Resolution A typical view along the banks of the Tiber River between the Aventine and Transtiberim near the Pons Probi. Medium Resolution An aerial view over the Tiber Island. Medium Resolution Images - Rome Reborn 2.2 - Landmarks Rome had many small private bathing establishments. Medium Resolution The Circus Maximus housed the track used for chariot races. Medium Resolution The Colossus of the Sun. Medium Resolution An aerial view of the Flavian Amphitheater ("Colosseum") seen from the south. Medium Resolution The Flavian amphitheater ("Colosseum") had four levels above ground for the seating and the arena. Medium Resolution Related:  antiquité

Œuvres à la Loupe Le Scribe accroupi à la loupe | Musée du Louvre Less is the New More: Making the Most of Small Spaces Good Design For Living in Small ApartmentsAs people migrate to smaller spaces, good design helps a lot. This is something they figured out in Europe long ago, that if you don't have a lot of horizontal room you can go vertical. Tumidei in Italy makes some of the nicest stuff, like this unit with lots of storage under the bed. This unit just raises the floor high enough for beds to slide under. This one looks a bit clinical, but has two single beds plus a pull-out double bed in between. When you read in the New York Times that professional couples with children are moving into small one-bedroom apartments in Manhattan and sleeping in closets, perhaps this stuff could be useful. None of this stuff is cheap, nor, as far as I can tell is it available in North America, but there are ideas here that demonstrate how people can share a space and still get a little privacy, a good place to work and a lot of storage in a very small envelope. Like this?

Real Virtual | Columbia University in the City of New York CATAPULTE ROMAINE D'AVANT JC : Arbalètes-Canons-Catapultes(Armes d'époque La plus ancienne arme de jet, celle ci d'une redoutable éfficacité, cotribua à la grandeur de l'empire Romain. NB: Le modèle présent catapulte des pierres Montage: 45heures Début:30/01/2006 Fin : 20/02/2006 Ech.: 1/12 ième L.: 345 mm

10 Most Unbelievable Places in the World There are ten most unbelievable places in the world that you definitely must visit before you die. 1. Tunnel of Love, Ukraine Image credits: Oleg Gordienko This powerful train tunnel of trees called the Tunnel of Love is located in Kleven, Ukraine. 2. Image credits: Allard Schager The sensational landscape provokes a visual effect hard to repeat in a life time. 3. Image credits: dadi360 Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa) is the world’s largest salt flat at 10,582 square kilometers (4,086 sq mi). 4. Image credits: nipomen2 | sename777 Hitachi Seaside Park, located in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, next to the Ajigaura Beach, is a flower park and a popular tourist destination. 5. Image credits: Kent Mearig The Mendenhall Glacier is a tongue of ice stretching 12 miles from the Juneau Icefield to Mendenhall Lake. 6. Image credits: MJiA The Red Beach is located in the Liaohe River Delta, about 30 kilometer southwest of Panjin City in China. 7. Image credits: Yuya Horikawa | Tomoaki Kabe 8.

Armée Romaine [La légion : Dans le système militaire des Romains, la légion était un corps de troupes organisé de manière à constituer une unité tactique. Son nom, legio, venait de legere, «choisir», d'où «recruter», parce que, à l'origine, les hommes qui la composaient étaient, en effet, choisis parmi tous ceux que la loi appelait au service. Si, à l'origine, les vieilles familles patriciennes de la Rome antique assuraient les cadres et les effectifs de la légion et fournissaient les chevaux, dès le VIe siècle av. J.-C. le soldat romain fut le citoyen paysan qui défendait sa terre : le mot «légion» s'appliqua dès lors au corps d'armée.

Reader's home Karin, a devoted DTI reader from Umeå, Sweden, is selling her apartment and sent us a link to the real estate listing. It is a tiny studio that has been completely renovated. It's adorable, and perfect for someone without a lot of stuff - which is SO not me. Although how fun would it be to have a little pied-à-terre in Sweden! I love the little alcove bedroom with handy open clothes storage. Archéologie : les traces d’une épidémie antique découvertes en Egypte Ils travaillaient dans une nécropole mais ne s'attendaient pas à trouver ces morts-là. Dirigée par Francesco Tiradritti, l'équipe de la Mission archéologique italienne à Louxor (MAIL), s'intéresse depuis 1996 au complexe funéraire de deux dignitaires religieux du VIIe siècle av. J.-C., Haroua et Akhimenrou, un vaste édifice de plusieurs pièces ayant des allures de temple. Cependant, au fil de leurs recherches et des années, ces archéologues sont tombés sur plusieurs éléments nettement plus récents, comme autant de pièces d'un puzzle racontant une histoire dramatique. C'est ce puzzle que Francesco Tiradritti vient d'assembler à l'occasion d'un article publié dans le dernier numéro de la revue Egyptian Archaeology. Il y a eu ces morceaux de squelettes humains découverts en 1997 dans une des salles du complexe funéraire, au sein d'une épaisse couche de chaux. La date du IIIe siècle de notre ère est l'indice déterminant pour reconstituer l'histoire.

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