Its transparent grid defers to the pillar-and-architrave opacity of the ancient stone building without mimicking it.
It clip highlights how an ancient Egyptian building method - the Nubian vault -, which requires only earth and water, was rediscovered by a Frenchman who transmitted this technique to Burkinabese masons.
In addition, ancient maps and building catalogues detailing "apartment buildings, private houses, inns, storage facilities, bakeries and even brothels" were used, Mr Frischer said.
Since no actual Roman ruins were available, the company decided an 1883 TriBeCa building, ancient by NYC standards, would have to do.
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The treasure led historians to identify a nearby building as an ancient synagogue.
Its name, although reminiscent of the Star Wars warriors, belongs to an ancient Egyptian magician whom Khufu consulted when building the pyramid.
More recently, the authorities tried to develop Bam by rebuilding the ancient town as a tourist attraction and by building a car factory on the edge of the desert.
Rather than compete with his peers for trendy new art, hedge-fund manager Michael Steinhardt and his wife, Judy, are building several collections around comparatively obscure niches like ancient Peruvian feather ponchos, Cycladic stone figures and 15th-century rugs.
The Honourable The Irish Society, the ancient London body that effectively put the London in Derry by building the city walls, still exists (quaint name included).
Opponents claim that building a road so close to a site of special scientific interest will damage ancient woodland housing protected species including dormice and bitterns.
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Iraqi archaeologist Hai Katth Moussa said that during a massive reconstruction project in the early 1980s, Saddam began building a replica of the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II on top of the ruins of the ancient palace.
As illustrated by the collapse of the magnificent antique citadel at Bam, the largest sun dried bricks (adobe) building in the world and a World Heritage Site, during the devastating earthquake that struck this ancient Iranian city, cultural heritage sites themselves are threatened by earthquake destruction.
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