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tsunami Pisa

  from http://www.newsweek.com/2007/11/01/a-maritime-pompeii.html By Barbie Nadeau Newsweek Web Exclusive Updated: 1:06 PM ET Nov 1, 2007 The San Rossore train station on the edge of Pisa, Italy, is a lonely stop. Tourists who visit this city to see its famous leaning tower generally use the central station across town. But San Rossore is about to …

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Archaeoacoustics: Spaces and Sound in the Ancient World

  Something deserving more investigation: “bringing a new dimension to what we know about our past” http://www.ancientmed.org/conference.htm ARCHAEOACOUSTICS? The field is an application of the sense of hearing to the science of archaeology.  We are particularly interested in the role acoustic behavior may have had in the development and design of important architecture and ritual …

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