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The rise & fall of the Medicis, the family that built Florence

Few families have shaped a city and a civilization quite like the Medicis. Known for being patrons of the arts, they funded ...

500 Years Later, Scientists Prove That Leonardo da Vinci’s Bridge Design Works

Researchers at MIT have proven Leonardo da Vinci correct yet again, this time involving his design for what would have been a ...
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Archaeologists follow a Leonardo da Vinci sketch to secret castle tunnels

Archaeologists in Milan have turned a 15th century sketch by Leonardo da Vinci into a working blueprint, tracing his inked lines to a network of hidden passageways beneath one of Italy’s most famous ...