For the restoration, the scholars used the 3D Handyscan to capture the interior surfaces in precise detail and the LIDAR system to map the larger ... World Heritage Site of Polonnaruwa in Sri Lanka ...

A geology professor believed that aerial photos from the 1950s show evidence of an ancient city under Nakhon Ratchasima in ...

The people of Batticaloa had learnt to live with a mix of religions and people. On the Christian side were the Jesuit Fathers ...

The ancient city of Teos sits on the western coast of Türkiye, directly across the Aegean Sea from Athens. Today, it is rubble and ruins, but 2,000 years ago, it was a thriving center of ...

Researchers mapped over 4,000 canals in the Mesopotamian region around Eridu, history’s first city ... technology to map the area. With the canals irrigating more than 700 ancient farms sometime ...

In 2011, the city had 10,838 acres considered very high hazard, but that number dropped to 1,945 in the latest map, with another 2,598 deemed high hazard and 2,553 moderate. To determine the ...

Lahore, an ancient city of the Punjab region, was a crucial strategic gateway to the subcontinent, and it witnessed the rise and fall of successive empires ranging from the Mughals to the Sikhs ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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An aerial photo shows Rusovce Mansion during excavations. The ancient Roman aqueduct is visible and looks like a drinking straw-shaped line. Photo from the University of Trnava In Bratislava ...

Ancient Lalibela: 24 hours in the sacred city We took a short, one-hour flight north to the Amhara Region, an area, it should be noted, where several countries maintain travel warnings due to ...

Most modern structures are built to last 50 years or so, but ingenious ancient engineering has kept this watery city afloat for more ... lions' backs to help them map the elusive ocean floor.