26 Artifacts Considered To Be The Only Ones Of Their Kind Left Today, As Pointed Out In This Online Community

Wikipedia states the last restoration was in 1679...

No s**t huh! Some of our bridges (US) fell soon after construction, yet two thousand years ago a bridge could be constructed that lasted with no major work to be done. Come on US, no possible reason can explain trains derailing every other damn day either. Except greed and anything that is a priority and will line a politicians pockets.

Roman concrete is no joke

Potholes produce income for the repair shops and thus stimulate the economy, because reasons. /s

You in Michigan like me then?

Much of the Appian Way is still rideable even on a bicycle.

My state can't fill potholes either...😒

Ireland??!

Much less, build anything that strong! 😵‍💫 Certainly relatable city full of construction with almost no progress.

Don't think it can handle modern traffic. I bet there are now busses or trucks allowed passing this bridge. Most likely onle pedestrians.

Wonky Donkey, I'm in the UK, and it's a major problem here too.

I suspect that was the idea! Joking aside, the workmanship that went into making these was incredible!

No two faces alike is what I've always believed. Was completely breathtaking seeing the real thing years ago.

That because they were real human before they dared to challenge court of night

That was the point. No two faces are alike. They were supposed to be warriors that would protect the emporer in the afterlife.

The sad thing is, after being dug up, the paint deteriorates rapidly, so we've only got some pictures to give us an idea of what they looked like.

They were actually sculpted per each individual soldier. . .!

Each one of these were created to represent one of the actual soldiers and was modeled to look like him.

Not true. It's called Dichroic glass, it's made with metal particles mixed into the glass paste, and it's commonly used for optical equipment and lenses. It's process was kind of lost after Roman ages (we are not even sure there was a codified process at all, the cup may easily be a one off item), was rediscovered by Venetians in the middle ages (evolving into the precious Avventurina glass for jewellery) and ultimately perfected by NASA during the Space program to make it industrial.

I think they do... i have a glass side table lamp that goes from blue to red when on

what does IIRC stand for?

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It's just the effect of the light behind it; no less impressive for that, but it's not really changing its colour as such.

The angle is what gives it the color change.The glass has gold and silver in it, and when the light is shown at different angle, the light difracts differently with silver than with gold, and red light/green difracts differently, too.

The cup has just been turned

They found time because it's all about the branding.

Also had many, many months at sea doing nothing ...... If you have ever sailed any distance you'd get this ; I have and I loved it as I mostly hate people.

They had their wenches do it.

Thank the Rum?

We all know grandma did this

You forgot the rum. Never, forget the rum.

And the accepted 'intimate' relationships of the time.

Never sailed, isn't it?

Nicely put! hehehe.

And a rock that is believed to have been one but proved to be of earthly origin is called by astronomers and geologists a meteorwrong. (Not kidding)

Good distinction. But the material the statue is made from did originate in a meteor.

Which begs the question, why do we call it a "meteoric rise" when meteors (sorry, meteorites) _fall_?

And for something to be considered a meteorite, ir had to have been one of those, we see in the sky. So all meteorites are meteors. Don’t be pedantic

My brain has corrected the title. I had to get reread with more attention after your post

....and a meteoroid as it passes through our atmosphere.

Whomp whomp, we all know what they meant. Don't be that person.

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Yeah they caught it! 😂