Erode means to gradually destroy something by wearing away at it, while accumulate means to gradually collect or gather something.
Behind the canvases of the Renaissance masters, a rigorous geometric construction. By inventing perspective, Italian artists create the illusion of depth... and revolutionize the representation of the world. The Ideal City, preserved in the city of Urbino, Italy, and made between 1480 and 1490 by
In the heart of present-day Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, engraved teeth and tombstones tell the story of the emergence of the bacterium Yersinia pestis , eight years before it decimated half of Europe. Tian-Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan, nowadays. It is a mystery dating back more than six centuries th
Probably one of the most famous action scenes in film history is the vibrant chariot race by Ben-Hur . It is so spectacular that it can give us an idea of why it was the favorite sport of the Romans , who not only enjoyed watching the races but betting on their favorite charioteers and, sometimes,
Researchers searching for groundwater sources in the Eastern Arabian Peninsula for a project funded by the United States Agency for International Relief and Development have accidentally discovered the outlines of a settlement that appears to be more than 3,600 years old. A symmetrical, 2 x 3 kilo