In early January, Italian archaeologists announced the discovery of a sizable Roman villa in Bacoli (ancient Bauli) along the Bay of Naples. The city sits to the west of Naples and was famed in antiquity for being a bustling resort town that once housed a famous resident, the statesman and naturalist Pliny the Elder. Although […]
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Leave it to the British Museum to turn a flagrant instance of theft into an exhibition opportunity. The institution made headlines last summer when news broke that around 2,000 objects in its collection were missing, many allegedly stolen by a longtime staff member suspected of systematically pocketing ancient gems and gold jewelry from the museum’s
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Archaeologists are condemning Egypt’s new plan to restore the smallest of the three Pyramids of Giza on the outskirts of Cairo. The three-year project, unveiled in a January 25 Facebook video posted by Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Dr. Mostafa Waziry, involves covering the structure’s weathered facade with granite blocks, a move
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Weekly housing inventory data One substantial positive story for 2024 is that we have more housing inventory year over year. It’s not a lot, but anything is positive, which I will take. I am a very pro-housing supply person and will feel much better about the housing market when we return to pre-COVID-19 levels for
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The GR Corolla steers more sharply than the WRX and the engine responds more quickly. The TIE-fighter styling is matched by its agility and the trick centre differential allows for some very tail-happy antics. Everything about this little hatchback feels lightly deranged. It’s less stable under braking than rivals from Honda and Hyundai and it
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If you’re looking for the extra head room, raised vantage point and enlarged boot of a more typical mid-sized SUV, or the sleek digital technology or premium cabin quality of so many European-market rivals for that matter, you’re barking up the wrong tree with the Subaru Crosstrek. While its ride height grants at least some
This is particularly good news. Most cars aren’t fully electrified, and getting hybrid drivetrains to behave well is evidently difficult. They stop-start, they shunt between motor and engine and they can take an age to get going or change gear as they try to make human demands match emissions-regulated response. The ability to refine them
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The reason it’s not the ideal Range Rover is because of the PHEV element. While that is enabling us to achieve fuel economy in the mid- to high 30s, the 38.2kWh battery sits low under the chassis, thereby reducing the ramp angle by 2.5deg and the ground clearance by 11mm from a regular Range Rover.
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By Michael Vasquez Megan Mendoza, The Republic, USA Today NetworkRobert Robbins, president of the U. of Arizona, listens at a meeting last month on the university’s finances. The university is bracing for cuts to close a $177-million budget hole. How painful will they be? Source link
