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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

An ancient rangefinder (Roman Dodecahedron)

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According to Wikipedia, "a rangefinder is a device that measures distance from the observer to a target, for the purposes of surveying,...
Sunday, May 6, 2012

M R James - Casting the Runes

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Montague Rhodes James, who used the publication name M. R. James, was an English mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambri...

Casting the dice

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"Cleromancy is a form of divination using sortition, casting of lots, or casting bones or stones, in which an outcome is determined by ...
Saturday, May 5, 2012

On Roman and Etruscan Dodecahedra again

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This morning I found the following link: http://sculpture.net/community/showthread.php?t=10801 having a quite interesting discussion on the...
Friday, May 4, 2012

An Etruscan Dodecahedron

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An Etruscan Dodecahedron, by Amelia Carolina Sparavigna Department of Applied Science and Technology Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degl...
Wednesday, May 2, 2012

A dodecahedron of a Roman soldier

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In a recent  post (April 2012) I have discussed about Roman Dodecahedra. After preparing a model of a Roman Dodecahedron, I was able to inv...
Thursday, April 26, 2012

Roman Dodecahedra

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Recently I have read a very interesting paper entitled "The magic dodecahedron of Gauls, that saved Roman legions: Mirror of Universe  ...
Monday, April 23, 2012

Phonons and Auxetics

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About me. One of my researches is on dispersions of phonons. Quite interesting are the new auxetic materials, providind phononic band-gaps...
Sunday, April 22, 2012

Ale's stone boat

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Ale's Stones (or Ales stenar) is a megalithic monument in Kaseberga,  southern Sweden. It is a boat of stones,  67 meters long formed. T...
Friday, March 30, 2012

Calendar Puzzles Deciphered in Ancient Statue

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Calendar Puzzles Deciphered in Ancient Statue, by Rossella Lorenzi on the Trundholm Sun Cariot and my proposal of a calendar http://news...
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