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Cement from the 1960s damages Stonehenge stones and was replaced with lime mortar in 2021

The cement grout used to fill cracks in the horizontal stones of Stonehenge in the 1960s may lead to its destruction. Sixty years after the restoration, it has emerged that the airtight cement causes moisture to accumulate and the blocks to crumble as it freezes and thaws. In September 2021

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Monument at the Place Where Princess Diana Died

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A 3D model of the best-preserved Byzantine church in Istanbul: the Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora

Brick wall of a Venetian building with an arch filled in with brick where a canal once ran, beside a staircase and a paved square.

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Venice's Filled-In Canals from the Period of Austrian and French Rule

During the years of Austrian and French rule in Venice, many canals were filled in to ease pedestrian traffic through the city. It is now hard to imagine how greatly this altered the look of the place. But the drained and covered canals are now part of its history

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The Sicilian town of Avola was destroyed by an earthquake in 1693, after which it was rebuilt to the symmetrical geometric plan of the Baroque architect Angelo Italia; in this regular form the town survives to this day, etc.…

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The Floor at Château Vilsavin

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Coco Chanel's apartment keeps its interiors from the day she died and is closed to the public

Today Coco Chanel's apartment is closed to visitors, save for the most important guests of the House. Its furnishings have remained unchanged since the day Coco died. There is a video showing the interiors of the famous apartment

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The Luxor Obelisk and the Arc de Triomphe at opposite ends of the Champs-Élysées

The Luxor Obelisk and the Arc de Triomphe at opposite ends of the Champs-Élysées. In 1830 the obelisk was presented to France by Muhammad Ali, Viceroy of Egypt

Red, yellow and white patches of coloured light on old stone floor slabs.

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Stone floor of the Palace of the Popes in Avignon, papal residence in 1309–1377

The floor of the Papal Palace in Avignon. This palace was the papal residence during the years of the Avignon Captivity of the popes, in 1309 to 1377, and in the years that followed, when popes and antipopes resided in Avignon

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The Delikkemer Aqueduct, Which Supplied the Lycian City of Patara with Water

The Delikkemer Aqueduct, built some 2,000 years ago, is a pipe laid along the top of a stone wall up to 12 metres high. The pipe is formed within limestone blocks, each with a hole hollowed out through the middle. The aqueduct supplied the Lycian city of Patara with

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The bell tower of the Roman basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in a photograph of the late nineteenth century and today

The bell tower of the Roman basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in a photograph of the late nineteenth century and today. In our own day the bell tower is closer to its original appearance thanks to a reconstruction, in the course of which the rows of arches in the

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The Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum earns £66,000–79,000 a year, which in roubles comes to 4.5–5.5 million, or 350,000–450,000 a month

The Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum earns £66,000–79,000 a year, which in roubles comes to 4.5–5.5 million, or 350,000–450,000 a month. When you think about it, that is not so very much for a passive-aggressive