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Post by cc on Apr 18, 2012 10:01:17 GMT -8
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Post by cc on Apr 18, 2012 10:03:11 GMT -8
Mexico City’s ‘earthscraper’ would be a 1,000-foot underground building 31 Oct 2011 10:36 PM BNKR Arquitectura wants to build a pyramid that penetrates nearly 1000 feet into the earth below Mexico City's largest and most historic public square. Its upper floors will be illuminated through a glass ceiling that will replace the paving stones of the current square, and its deepest reaches will receive daylight piped in from fiber-optic cables routed to the surface. grist.org/list/2011-10-31-mexico-citys-earthscraper-would-be-a-1000-foot-underground-build/
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Post by clone on Apr 28, 2012 8:17:09 GMT -8
Wiki: The Hypogeum of Paola, Malta, literally meaning "underground" in Greek, is a subterranean structure dating to the Saflieni phase in Maltese prehistory. This truly unique site enjoys an individual listing on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Hypogeum consists of halls, chambers and passages hewn out of the living rock and covering some 500m². The rock-cut chambers are of a diverse shapes and sizes and finished to different standards of workmanship. The complex is grouped in three levels – the upper level (3600-3300 BC), the middle level (3300-3000 BC), and the lower level (3150 -2500 BC). The deepest room in the lower level is 10.6 metres under road surface. The site was discovered accidentally by a stone mason in 1902. www.heritagemalta.org/sites/sites.htmlMalta's 6,000-year-old hypogeum www.earthfiles.com/news.php?ID=1974&category=ScienceARCHAEOACOUSTICS - PRELIMINARY PROJECT DESCRIPTION Mediterranean Institute of Ancient Civilizations (An International Multi-Disciplinary Group with Focus on Human Development in the Mediterranean, Europe and the Levant Malta's subterranean Hal-Saflieni Hypogeum, architecturally intact after five thousand years, is known to have eerie sound effects. This site's architectural features not only mirror the above-ground megalithic temples, but also imply a primitive understanding of acoustic behavior. www.ancientmed.org/projects.htm
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Post by clone on May 10, 2012 17:49:25 GMT -8
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