This survey discusses recent developments in the context of spherical designs and minimal energy point configurations on spheres. The recent solution of the long standing problem of the existence of spherical t-designs on S with O(td) number of points by A. Bondarenko, D. Radchenko, and M. Viazovska attracted new interest to this subject. Secondly, D. P. Hardin and E. B. Saff proved that point ...

Giza Plateau Mapping Project (GPMP) directed by Egyptologist Dr. Mark Lehnar achieved digital modeling of the monument of Queen Khentkawes, as known as the fourth pyramid in Giza, in 2007. As members of GPMP, the authors report how this digital modeling was done. First, the monument of Queen Khentkawes was scanned by laser radars with 5[mm] mesh accuracy in average. Some parts of wall of the mo...

ghorban tower as an architectural monument is one of the outstanding resting- place of islamic era in hamadan city which has not been studied properly. previous studies on the tower concerning its architectural features or its historical background showed that the tower may be a place where a dignified religious man named khajeh hafez abol'ala hamadani berried inside in saljuk era and afte...

The artistic or historical value of a structure, such as a monument, a mosaic, a painting or, generally speaking, an artefact, arises from the novelty and the development it represents in a certain field and in a certain time of the human activity. The more faithfully the structure preserves its original status, the greater its artistic and historical value is. For this reason it is fundamental...

Abstract In March 1971, B.R. Gopal discovered a partially buried pillar with visible inscribed writing in the village of Guḍnāpur Karnataka. The monument has since become known as Pillar Inscription Ravivarman (ca. 465–500 CE ) after ruler early Kadamba kingdom who commissioned it. inscription preserves compelling historical record that details intersections religious and political performance ...

The rediscovery of a labour camp on the construction site Stalin Monument in Prague spring 2021 was result project Municipality Prague. Until then, existence this specific had not been reflected neither historical memory place nor literature devoted to monstrous monument (dismantled 1962), which both superb work art and engineering most significant material manifestation cult Stalin’s personali...