In 1517, the great Italian artist Michelangelo climbed Mount Altissimo in Tuscany. There, he found the marble of his dreams. Michelangelo thought the marble might even be better than that from nearby Carrara the place where he got marble for some of

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There is no end to demand for Italys white gold. For many people, that white gold is not metal but marble from the town of Carrara in Tuscany. The marble mining work in Carrara is ancient. Workers first began removing stone from the mountains of Tusc

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Scientists Closer to Solving Plain of Jars Mystery A new group of human remains has been uncovered on the Plain of Jars in Laos. They are believed to date back to the Iron Age, some 2,500 years ago. The Plain of Jars is in the central Lao province of

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5When Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king to succeed his father David, he sent his envoys to Solomon, because he had always been on friendly terms with David. 2Solomon sent back this message to Hiram: 3You know that because

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Transporting the stone when it was once broken was comparatively simple. 这样一来,运送的事倒显得相对简一些了。 The horses carried it off in cart-loads, the sheep dragged single blocks, 马驾着满载的货车运送,羊则一块一

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Jobs particularly focused on the staircases, which echoed the one he had built at NeXT. 乔布斯尤其关注楼梯的设计,苹果零售店的楼梯和他以前为NeXT办公楼设计的楼梯如出一辙。 When he visited a store as it was being

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