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Parthenon myth is debunked after 2,000 years
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (869+ words) For more than 2,000 years, it has been claimed that the Parthenon's famous curves were designed to correct an optical illusion, making the temple appear straight. Now, a new study debunks this enduring myth. An Oxford mathematician has combined geometry, engineering…...
Berlin had nowhere to put the rubble of its bombed buildings, so the city heaped 26 million cubic metres of it over a half-built Nazi military college. The Americans then put a listening station on the summit to eavesdrop on the East
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (436+ words) A Nazi fortress became the city's solution to an impossible problem: what to do with the wreckage of war itself. Published September 16, 2026 · How we edit Berlin spent 22 years burying a building it could not get rid of. From 1950, the trucks…...
6,000-Year-Old Chleby Enclosure: Sun and Moon Alignments
4+ hour, 31+ min ago (580+ words) Twelve entrances opened onto the horizon at Chleby. The excavators link their directions to the Sun and Moon, raising questions about how people gathered there. The post A 6,000-Year-Old Czech Enclosure Had Twelve Entrances Aligned With the Sky appeared first…...
Ancient DNA shows Swedish migration changed coastal Finland’s population after 1250 CE | Archaeology News Online Magazine
4+ hour, 53+ min ago (421+ words) Ancient DNA from Finland shows how coastal and inland communities followed different population paths during the Middle Ages. Researchers from the University of Turku studied the genomes of 34 people who lived in southwestern Finland and Häme. The team compared their…...
Sivers' lighthouse, a football Cup and the memory of more than 10,000 Jews: what made 16 September memorable
5+ hour, 47+ min ago (537+ words) 🕯 On 16 September 1941 more than 10,000 Jews of Mykolaiv were gathered near the old cemetery before a mass extermination. Eighty-four years later, on that same day a renovated Square of the Righteous Among the Nations was opened nearby. ⚽ In 1990 Ochakiv's "Mayak" won…...
BBC Audio | Witness History | Stardust: Ireland's deadly nightclub fire
1+ hour, 14+ min ago (358+ words) In the early hours of 14 February 1981, a fire broke out at the Stardust nightclub in Artane, Dublin which was filled with more than 800 people. The blaze killed 48 people and injured 200. A tribunal in 1983 found the cause to be probable arson....
JAMIL F. KHAN | Poland’s giant Virgin Mary: The assertion of authority over a changing landscape
5+ hour, 28+ min ago (559+ words) 16 September 2026 08:32 Ramaphosa appoints Adrian Mopp as Western Cape DPP 16 September 2026 08:15 Defence Minister says Israe will 'finish job' in Gaza and remove Palestinians 16 September 2026 08:14 'One death is one too many' - Ekurhuleni killings renew calls for stronger GBV response A statue of…...
Bob Stewart in Ukraine: Prisoners, Children, Tunnels and Trains
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (751+ words) By Quentin Drummond Anderson Colonel Bob Stewart DSO has recently returned from Ukraine with messages that deserve far greater …...
My poignant search for the Lancashire of my youth
9+ hour, 16+ min ago (816+ words) From Clitheroe to Preston, our writer embarked on a moving tour of his former haunts to see how much has changed The grave stone in the parish church of St Annes-on-the-Sea read: “In Everlasting Memory of John Harrison who died…...
Longstanding myth about ancient Greek Parthenon debunked
2+ hour, 31+ min ago (368+ words) Researchers say there is no evidence that ancient Greeks held any knowledge of the particular visual illusions attributed to the iconic structure The Greek Parthenon’s iconic curves are a product of architectural tradition and not a calculated design choice to…...