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This picture released by the CNRS/Universite de Provence shows a column of Emperor Nero banquet hall

Archaeologists unearth Nero's revolving banquet hall

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Archaeologists have unveiled the remains of a revolving banquet room built by the Roman emperor Nero, who ruled between 54 and 68 BC and was famed for his depraved and extravagant lifestyle, a statement said ...


Remains of Minoan-style painting discovered during excavations of Canaanite palace

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The remains of a Minoan-style wall painting, recognizable by a blue background, the first of its kind to be found in Israel, was discovered in the course of the recent excavation season at Tel Kabri. This fresco joins others ...


Google documents Iraqi museum treasures (AP)

Google documents Iraqi museum treasures

Technology / Internet

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Google is documenting Iraq's national museum and will post photographs of its ancient treasures on the Internet early next year, Google chief Eric Schmidt announced Tuesday.


Galileo's telescope on historic visit to Philly (AP)

Galileo's telescope on historic visit to Philly

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Though it looks like a cardboard tube that got left out in the rain, it's a priceless instrument whose owner changed the world. The mottled brown cylinder on display at The Franklin Institute science ...


A museum employee looks over the "Cocoon" at the Darwin Centre

Darwin's collections 'cocooned' at London museum

Biology / Other

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

London's Natural History Museum on Tuesday unveiled an eight-storey extension in the shape of a cocoon to house the collections of Charles Darwin.


Nero's rotating banquet hall unveiled in Rome (AP)

Nero's rotating banquet hall unveiled in Rome

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- Archaeologists on Tuesday unveiled what they think are the remains of Roman emperor Nero's extravagant banquet hall, a circular space that rotated day and night to imitate the Earth's movement and ...


X-rays power discoveries at Chicago's Field Museum

X-rays power discoveries at Chicago's Field Museum

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 07, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Digital medical imaging and information technology from Carestream Health, Inc., is playing a key role in helping The Field Museum of Chicago discover and analyze secrets hidden within its world-class collections.


Mastodon Tusk May Be Largest Ever Uncovered In NYS

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research under way at the New York State Museum indicates that a huge mastodon tusk, recently excavated by Museum scientists in Orange County, may be the largest tusk ever found in New York State.


Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found (AP)

Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found

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created Nov 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 7

(AP) -- Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum ...


The x-ray machine has revolutionised how doctors detect disease and injury

X-ray named top achievement by British museum

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The X-ray was named the most important modern scientific achievement Wednesday in a poll conducted for Britain's Science Museum, beating Apollo spacecraft and DNA.



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