from BBC News
Singapore war internee's art on show
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An article on BBC News about some recently donated watercolurs displayed at the Changi Museum (see museum wesite and previous post).
[ Thanks to Singapore Heritage Mailing List ]
from wikimapia
National Monuments of Singapore
Following on from an earlier post, I have finished marking-up all the locations of gazetted national monuments in Singapore for a start.
A close-up of the city centre area, which has the majority of the gazetted monuments:
Point and click on a location, and then click the "info" button to get links to more information and images, where available online.
Next in line will be various conservation areas and also locations which have some historic significance. As the wikimapia interface is very much a collaborative one, do add on information and locations where possible.
Also, I have tagged locations on wikimapia with a general tag: "heritage", and will also be using other more specific ones such as: "monument", "museum", "conservation_area" etc.
You can change markers on the map via the drop-down menu for filtering by tags at the top-right of the map window - or leave it unfiltered to get an overwhelming sense of details!
Have a browse round and leave your comments or feedback here ...
National Monuments of Singapore
Following on from an earlier post, I have finished marking-up all the locations of gazetted national monuments in Singapore for a start.
A close-up of the city centre area, which has the majority of the gazetted monuments:
Point and click on a location, and then click the "info" button to get links to more information and images, where available online.
Next in line will be various conservation areas and also locations which have some historic significance. As the wikimapia interface is very much a collaborative one, do add on information and locations where possible.
Also, I have tagged locations on wikimapia with a general tag: "heritage", and will also be using other more specific ones such as: "monument", "museum", "conservation_area" etc.
You can change markers on the map via the drop-down menu for filtering by tags at the top-right of the map window - or leave it unfiltered to get an overwhelming sense of details!
Have a browse round and leave your comments or feedback here ...
from BBC News
X-rays reveal Archimedes secrets
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Interesting to read about the life journey of a goatskin parchment who started off from bearing Archimedes' work in the 10th Century, to being recycled by monks to record Greek Orthodox prayers around the 13th Century and finally being ornamented by forgers in the 20th Century, where gold paintings of religious imagery were added so as to try to boost the value of the tome. What a life!
Amazing how the imaging technique of X-ray fluorescence made it possible for scientists to "travel" back in time by layers and reveal this "biography" of the palimpsest...
X-rays reveal Archimedes secrets
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Interesting to read about the life journey of a goatskin parchment who started off from bearing Archimedes' work in the 10th Century, to being recycled by monks to record Greek Orthodox prayers around the 13th Century and finally being ornamented by forgers in the 20th Century, where gold paintings of religious imagery were added so as to try to boost the value of the tome. What a life!
Amazing how the imaging technique of X-ray fluorescence made it possible for scientists to "travel" back in time by layers and reveal this "biography" of the palimpsest...
from yesterday,sg
Post-Earthquake Cultural Resource Documentation Trip to Yogyakarta
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Highlights of a talk given at the Heritage Conservation Centre in Singapore. [ Thanks to yesterday.sg for the post! ]
Post-Earthquake Cultural Resource Documentation Trip to Yogyakarta
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Highlights of a talk given at the Heritage Conservation Centre in Singapore. [ Thanks to yesterday.sg for the post! ]
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