3D Scanners Reveal The Dark Secrets Hidden Under Florence's 600-Year-Old Streets

For centuries, the construction of Florence’s breathtaking Duomo stood as one of the greatest architectural mysteries in human history. How did Filippo Brunelleschi build an unsupported, 45-meter-wide octagonal brick dome after the secret of ancient Roman concrete was lost to time? In this full...

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