Rome’s Ingenious Water Delivery Solutions

Aqua Anio Vetus, the first raised aqueduct assembled in Rome, started providing the men and women living in the hills with water in 273 BC, though they had counted on natural springs up till then. Throughout this time period, there were only 2 other techniques capable of supplying water to higher areas, subterranean wells and cisterns, which gather

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So How do River Cruises Differ from Ocean Cruises?

Even though river cruises and ocean cruises are comparable in many aspects, you will find some critical differences as well. Ocean liners have a tendency to be substantially larger and you will get additional amenities in each room. Therefore, they are able to hold many more guests. On river ships, since there are not as many passengers, the atmosp

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Can Large Outdoor Fountains Help Detoxify The Air?

An otherwise boring ambiance can be livened up with an indoor wall fountain. Setting up this sort of indoor feature positively affects your senses and your general health. Science supports the hypothesis that water fountains are excellent for you. Water features generally generate negative ions which are then counterbalanced by the positive ions pr

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Greece: Architectural Statuary

Though many sculptors were paid by the temples to decorate the detailed columns and archways with renderings of the gods of old, as the period came to a close, it became more common for sculptors to portray ordinary people as well mainly because many of Greeks had started to think of their religion as superstitious rather than sacred. Portraiture,

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How Mechanical Concepts of Outdoor Spread

Dissiminating useful hydraulic information and water feature design ideas all through Europe was accomplished with the written documents and illustrated publications of the time. An unnamed French fountain developer came to be an globally renowned hydraulic innovator in the later part of the 1500's. With imperial mandates in Brussels, London and Ge

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