The invention of the future. Part 2: 1911-1920 (Automatic translation) In the second series of essays about the era of the rapid progress in human history, we, together with the magazine Wired remember as machine guns synchronized with the propellers were invented as a conveyor and finished building the Panama Canal.
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The invention of the future. Part 1: 1900-1910 (Automatic translation) The fact that we love today, tomorrow will be in a landfill. But there are some things that will continue their life in museums and in textbooks. And then there are the people who invented it all.
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How irreversible technological progress? Many anthropologists are seriously discussing the issue of sustainability and irreversibility of the phenomenon of technological progress. The grounds? The history of mankind. Intrigued by the fact that these scholars and modern society is not considered quite robust to technical retrogression ...
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In Mexico City, discovered a unique burial Pre-Hispanic tombs in Mexico City are plentiful, but this is the first in which the basic skeleton is accompanied by the remains of people of different age groups.
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In Israel, the synagogue was found Byzantine mosaic Part contains a mosaic saying that promised a reward to those who perform the commandments. It is surrounded by two female faces. In addition, depicts Samson, binds the torches to the tails of foxes, so they burned the crops of the enemy.
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The oldest deer on the wall of the British Cave - 14.5 thousand years (Automatic translation) Engraving was established in September 2010 by George Nash of Bristol University in the back of a limestone cave on the east side Kethoul inner valley Gower Peninsula in South Wales.
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Roman Forum, may have been brightly colored With the help of advanced technologies in bas-relief of a menorah famous Arc de Triomphe Titus traces of yellow pigment. At appropriate intervals, this paint must have seemed golden.
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In the Egyptian desert is found "time capsule" - a British fighter jet crashed (Automatic translation) Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk spent in the desert 70 years. It is perfectly preserved and surprisingly little affected by the fall.
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Ancient art was even older (Automatic translation) Researchers re-dated human settlement in a cave in the Swabian Alb Gayssenklesterle the south-west Germany. Experts have used improved methods of disposal of contaminated material, and as a result of the date of Aurignacian culture moved away a little more in depth of centuries.
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Computed tomography unveiled the Egyptian theft In the sarcophagus of an Egyptian priest of the god of fertility Mina found the mummy of a completely different person.
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For the first time discovered Judaism religious objects the time of King David The Bible says that the religion of the people of Israel from ancient times differed from all other cults practiced in the Middle East. When in reality, were formulated its position remains unclear. Discoveries in the Valley of Elah indicates that the Bible is right in that respect, at least in part.
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Scientists have discovered the remains in Crete of the smallest in the world of mammoths Crete was inhabited by pygmy mammoths.
A million years ago, one of the most famous islands of the Mediterranean pygmy mammoths walked, which did not have to escape from predators.
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In Australia, accidentally discovered an ancient Egyptian text is a valuable Source: http://lenta.ru/news/2012/04/23/
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Swedish Stonehenge? Hardly ... (Automatic translation) The ancient Scandinavians brought a 59 boulders on the beach ...
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Juku mammoth might have killed people, driving off the lions Juku mammoth might have killed people, driving off the lions
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Paleontologists have unearthed feathered Tyrannosaurus rex in China Paleontologists have unearthed feathered Tyrannosaurus rex in China
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Protolyudi subdued fire of a million years ago, archaeologists say Protolyudi subdued fire of a million years ago, archaeologists say
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