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The first freestanding statuary was designed by the Archaic Greeks, a recognized success since until then the only carvings in existence were reliefs cut into walls and columns. Kouros figures, statues of young, good-looking male or female (kore) Greeks, made up the majority of the statues. Regarded as by Greeks to represent beauty, the kouroi were

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

An anniversary trip can integrate romance, trust and intimacy, whether it’s a wooden anniversary in Amsterdam or a re-creation of your honeymoon after twenty five years. And then you have those lovebirds who are almost at the 40 -year mark? Different from a honeymoon where a couple wants to relax and have fun, especially after the

Spreading practical hydraulic knowledge and water fountain design ideas all through Europe was accomplished with the written documents and illustrated books of the time. A globally renowned leader in hydraulics in the late 1500's was a French fountain engineer, whose name has been lost to history. With imperial commissions in Brussels, London and G