Archive for the ‘Archaeosightings’ Category
Monday, April 3rd, 2006
(BBC News, 1 April 2006)
The road, built in 1959, is one of Britain's oldest motorways, and has changed little since then.
It still has many original features, including the very distinctive bridges designed by Sir Owen Williams and Partners for the M45 and adjoining M1.
Full report here.
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Saturday, April 1st, 2006
At the National Museum in Prague the other day, Troels took a picture for me of this amazing depiction of two palaeolithic heroes, possibly fighting for the contemporary beauty watching them. It is not the artistic quality that distinguishes this work.
Instead, this art work excells as one of the most ...
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Sunday, March 26th, 2006
Die Zeit published recently (Nr. 11, March 2006) a Special on Germany's landmarks. Among the 11 top tourist destination are Weimar, Neuschwanstein, Schloss Sanssouci in Potsdam, the Hofbräuhaus in Munich, the Dome in Cologne, and the Reeperbahn in Hamburg. None of them could be called 'archaeological' (which is not to ...
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