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Travel back to Ancient Rome with Google Earth

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2008-11-12 20:27:30 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...Ancient Rome 3D on Google Earth, making it easy and fun to explore the historic city as it stood centuries ago Through Google Earth, students, teachers, tourists and historians can View a virtual representation of the city in 320 AD at the height of its development as the capital of the Roman Empire Fly around the city using Google Earth's...
 
Tags: google earth, rome, earth, google, download google earth, ancient rome, view ancient rome, blog, official google blog
 
 
 
 
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Ancient Gadgets Roundup [Retromodo]

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2008-02-03 19:00:00 by Haroon Malik in Gizmodo
...ancient shipwreck, the mechanism contained in the device was uncovered in 2006. Though it is unclear how it worked exactly, the navigational tool was thought to be used onboard ships as an early pre-compass type tool The Baghdad Battery c. 250 AD . Where would we be without portable power? Not in ancient Baghdad for sure. The galvanic cells...
 
Tags: reaction, wired, chemical reaction, pre-compass type tool, death ray machine, chess player, player, joke post, gadget prank
 
 
 
 
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Best Ancient Gadgets According to Gadget Lab [Retromodo]

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2008-02-03 19:00:00 by Haroon Malik in Gizmodo
...ancient shipwreck, the mechanism contained in the device was uncovered in 2006. Though it is unclear how it worked exactly, the navigational tool was thought to be used onboard ships as an early pre-compass type tool The Baghdad Battery c. 250 AD . Where would we be without portable power? Not in ancient Baghdad for sure. The galvanic cells...
 
Tags: reaction, wired, chemical reaction, pre-compass type tool, death ray machine, chess player, player, joke post, gadget prank
 
 
 
 
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Ancient Audio Single Six Tube Monoblock Amplifiers

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2008-07-21 12:58:34 by Editor in Audio Junkies
Ancient Audio has followed up on their 300B powered reference Silver Grand Mono amplifier with a new more affordable monoblock design called the Single Six. The Single Six uses a power supply based on the one used in the Silver Grand Mono, though housed in a single chassis with the amplifier section rather than the Silver Grand's separate power...
 
Tags: ancient audio single, ancient audio, single, single chassis, chassis, tube monoblock amplifiers, silver grand, silver grand mono, power supply section
 
 
 
 
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China Seeks Ancient Help For Future Job Security

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2008-01-09 19:39:10 by Tamara Warta in Inventor Spot - Inventions, Innovations, and Interesting Ideas for the Inventor in All of Us
While Feng Shui used to be frowned upon in communist China, those same officials that once disdained experts of this ancient craft are now turning to them for job security. read more Technorati Tags: Business Innovation International News china feng shui communist communism government ancient
 
Tags: job security, technorati tags, communist china, ancient craft, feng shui, officials, experts
 
 
 
 
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Mayhem Studio's Ancient Olympics looks funny, addictive

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2008-03-08 13:59:57 by dusanb in IntoMobile
...Ancient Olympics mobile game. The sports title features funny, cartoon-like characters and it's up to you to beat all other players in disciplines like 100-meter sprint, 110-meter hurdles, hammer throwing, long jump and javelin affairs Each of the characters posses characteristics that give them advantages in different tests and different...
 
Tags: mayhem, mayhem studio, mobile lines game, game, olympic games, release multiplayer version, characters posses characteristics, olympics, company plans
 
 
 
 
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Ancient Gadgets Museum and Buying a Trebuchet

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2008-06-06 18:51:07 by muratos in Vubx.com : Coolest Gadgets Shared! - Share hot gadget articles (reviews, tips, news etc. ) and earn
...Ancient Inventions website is a good place to spend some time on the history of ancient objects to increase knowledge. Some of the items are really interesting like the Aztec Calendar Wheels as you see in the following photo If you have ever played Age of Empires (who did't), maybe trebuchets were also one of your favorites. Yeah, they are...
 
Tags: trebuchet, exact scale copy, ancient inventions website, smith college museum, warwolf trebuchet, aztec calendar wheels, ancient objects, increase knowledge, edward longshanks
 
 
 
 
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The Ancient Romans Were Gamers: 2nd Century Glass d20 Sold for $17,925 [Dice]

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2008-06-15 17:00:00 by Jack Loftus in Gizmodo
...ancient Romans might have thought about the latest revision of the Dungeons and Dragons rulebook (super approachable; they'd love it!), but we do know they were gamers. That's because an incredibly old, incredibly valuable Roman glass d20 was sold at auction by the famous Christie's auction house. For $17,925. Historians know the symbols are...
 
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A Fem-bot that Reads Ancient Novels smashing baby!

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2008-07-31 05:26:41 by Anthony James in Yanko Design
...ancient Japanese Novel. Also like me, you may have the deep desire to have Japanese female-ish robots read you your ancient Japanese Novels. Well your dream has arrived. The gear geeks over at Kyoto Universitys Robo-Garage have assembled a design by Takahashi Tomotaka that might possibly be the most Japanese product ever. Standing a most shy...
 
Tags: ancient japanese, ancient japanese novels, useless robot functions, takahashi tomotaka, robot, japanese female-ish robots, japanese audio version, built-in mp3 player, kyoto universitys robo-garage