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fromYannglt
2 weeks agoAI and the Rosetta Stone
AI enhances the translation between design and engineering, increasing speed while challenging the preservation of meaning.
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History
fromSlate Magazine
2 months agoIt's Long Been Considered One of the Most Mysterious Places in the World. The Answer Was Hiding in Plain Sight.
Easter Island's remote isolation and massive stone statues have prompted mystery and speculative theories, now challenged by an archaeological reinterpretation of the island's history.
fromThe New Yorker
2 months agoEaster Island and the Allure of "Lost Civilizations"
Finding out what actually happened in the deep past can be a slog, so when ancient history is packaged as mystery-spine-tingling but solvable-it's hard to resist. Who doesn't want to know how a lost civilization got lost, or where it might be hiding? The trouble is that what gets touted as a lost civilization often turns out to have been there all along.
fromAeon
2 months agoHow islanders of Oceania built fearsome armour without metal | Aeon Videos
Visually striking and intricately crafted, the traditional armour and weaponry of the Kiribati islands in the Pacific Ocean were built from coconut fibre, human hair, sharks' teeth and porcupine fish. Yet, fearsome and lethal as these objects were, the people of this remote archipelago weren't especially warlike, as British colonists had long assumed, but were instead part of a ritualised style of combat intended to keep violence between clashing groups to a minimum.
Philosophy
fromMail Online
2 months agoMysterious symbols spanning the globe hint at a lost civilization
His investigation began after identifying recurring giant T-shapes, three-level indents, and step pyramids carved into ancient stones worldwide. 'These specific symbols that are built in different size proportions, and the symbols are found in ancient stones around the world, are not supposed to exist; no cultures are supposed to have any cross-platform,' LaCroix explained. The symbols appear in locations ranging from Turkey's Van region to South America and Cambodia.
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