A 2,000-year-old Weather Station
The 'Tower of the Winds' was constructed in such a stylish and elegant manner, that it inspired many Western architects over the centuries.
The 'Tower of the Winds' was constructed in such a stylish and elegant manner, that it inspired many Western architects over the centuries.
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." –Winston Churchill A comprehension on a satisfactory level of the function and mechanisms of propaganda makes you a better citizen. I always believed...
Galileo before the Holy Office (detail from a painting by Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury) Scholars tend to forget the reason why Galileo was condemned by the Catholic Church. His book on heliocentricism wasn’t a purely scientific one but touched matters of religion...