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Ochre was the predominant colouring agent used by Maori, and was used to paint their large waka taua (war canoe). Ochre prevented the drying out of the wood in canoes and the carvings of meeting houses; later missionaries estimated that it would last for 30 years.
The pugio (Latin: [ˈpuːɡioː]; [1] [2] plural: pugiones) was a dagger used by Roman soldiers as a sidearm. It seems likely that the pugio was intended as an auxiliary weapon, but its exact purpose for the soldier remains unknown. Officials of the empire took to wearing ornate daggers in the performance of their offices, and some would wear ...
Shade "Shade" is a subtler form of showing contempt, which can sometimes be expressed verbally or in other ways. The term was first used in a documentary of the 1980s drag scene in Manhattan ...
OnlyFans is an internet content subscription service based in London, England. [3] The service is used primarily by sex workers who produce pornography, [3] [4] but it also hosts the work of other content creators, such as physical fitness experts and musicians.
Sometime between 1865 and 1895, the abbot at the time tore down the walls of the sepulchre and used the stones for other structures, although the foundation walls remain. There were once three gravestones there, of which only two have survived, with partially legible inscriptions. One gravestone reads "This is the grave of the kings G…
As of 2012, Yahoo used Novarra's mobile content transcoding service for OneSearch. [28] OneSearch. On January 14, 2020, Verizon announced the launch of its privacy-focused search engine OneSearch. [29] [30] [31] OneSearch was criticized for favoring websites owned by Yahoo!'s then-parent company, Verizon Media, in its search results. [22]
Diagram from the U.S. patent application Photosculpture of François Willème from the 1860s Series of photographs taken in 1865 for photosculpture Willème's rotunda laboratory at 42 Avenue de Wagram in Paris Two photographs for a photosculpture, of the King Consort of Spain, Francis, Duke of Cádiz (Queen Isabel II can be seen in the background ) Magazine illustration explaining the process ...
Islamic geometric patterns such as this girih tiling in the Darb-e Imam shrine in Isfahan, are precursors of algorithmic art. [3]Roman Verostko argues that Islamic geometric patterns are constructed using algorithms, as are Italian Renaissance paintings which make use of mathematical techniques, in particular linear perspective and proportion.