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    Industrial farming practices deplete the soil and overgrowing biocrops has the potential to permanently alter an area’s ecology. Economic Viability If the scale of production is large enough‚ phytomining could become a cheaper alternative to excavation‚ but large-scale harvesting of plants with concentrations of metal is currently more costly than extracting metals from mines. In the future‚ as metal prices rise and the yields from mines deplete‚ this could change. The shortage of metal from mines

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    study‚ recording and interpretation of the past through the material culture and the remains of human activities that are lying in any aquatic environment. Before the invention of scuba gear‚ excavations predominately took place on land. Due to the vast differences in the environment surrounding excavations on water as compared to on land‚ different techniques and equipment must be used. These different techniques have different strengths and weaknesses. However‚ one main difference separates the

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    15. Dams may cause increases in water sourced illnesses like typhus‚ typhoid fever‚ malaria and cholera. 16. Dams affect the social‚ cultural and economical structure of the region considerably. Especially forcing people‚ whose settlement areas and lands remain? under water to migrate‚ affect their psychology negatively. Numerous other effects can be added to this list. The most important point that must be considered here is to distinguish the temporary harms from the long term and irreversible

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    There’ve been many debates about it’s original birthplace. According to Jean-Claude Golvin‚ the earliest known stone amphitheatres are found in Campania‚ at Capua‚ Cumae and Liternum. And the next earliest-known surviving example was the amphitheater at Pompeii; it was a compromise. The building is only partly standing; half of it is propped against the city wall‚ it was sited so that seats at one end could be supported on rising ground (Later amphitheaters built in France at Arles and Nimes were constructed

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    Mount Vesuvius is one of the most notoriously recognized volcanic eruptions known to man to date. As our text states‚ “this famous volcano erupted in the year 79 AD‚ ejecting a huge cauliflower-shaped cloud of ash and debris that rapidly settled to the Earth (Strahler 436).” After doing some outside research on this magnificent volcanic landform‚ I found quite a few things: “Mount Vesuvius is located in Italy‚ near the areas of the Tyrrhenian Sea and the capital of Italy. The volcano also buried

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    During a breezy Sunday afternoon‚ I decided to visit the Timken Museum of Art located in Balboa Park. I chose the Timken specifically after reading about it online‚ and knowing that it had a variety of different paintings ranging from European paintings to American and Russian paintings. After going in to the museum‚ I took a walk and viewed the entire collection of artwork displayed‚ as suggested in the video “How to Visit an Art Museum”. While doing so‚ I noted down the works of art that impressed

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    unknown mixture of ingredients” (Tracks pg 39). She is struggling to maintain her richness in tradition and culture. In Tracks‚ Fleur’s exalted legend is reiterated as merely clever tricks played on others at the hands of Fleur. When the government excavation crew shows up at Fleur’s door to level her ancestral home‚ she contrives a spectacle to put the "fear of Fleur" in the men. The men believe that Fleur and her ancestors are so furious that they summon up spirits to cause the trees to topple down

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    was buried there as a form of honor for his sacrifice‚ one thing is certain: sacrifices of animals in nature have taken place there and it is simply a matter of continuing excavation efforts to deduce whether or not more human sacrifices‚ bones or ash‚ will be found. As Romano makes clear‚ they have “a number of years” of excavation to undergo and 90 percent of the remains are unaccounted for. Is it possible that through the massive burned offerings of sheep and goat and the treasures of cups and coins

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    archaeological research towards Eastern antiquities‚ further excavated the Main City and the southern district‚ where they discovered the famous bust of Nefertiti in 1912. From 1921 to 1936‚ the Egypt Exploration Society (EES) founded surveys and excavations of almost every area of the city. This society‚ founded in 1882 in London and which aims at exploring‚ surveying and excavating ancient sites in Egypt and Sudan in order to acquire a better knowledge and understanding of the past and raise awareness

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    time is finish according to the timeline given and within the safety measure of the tunnel boring‚ therefore this length is reverted to tunnel boring machine (TBM) excavation. Environmental Issue: Besides the using of TBM machines to enable the project done during the given timeline‚ it also being used for all bored tunnel excavation as it carried less risk of environmental disturbance as the tunnel was build in n urbanized area. The main contractor elected to use 2 TBMs for the tunneling as when

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