The patterns on the Islamic buildings reminded him ... they could have covered an arbitrarily large wall with a Penrose tiling. Lu has a history of finding math wherever he looks.

which it portrays as pre-ordained in Islamic texts. That an ancient prophecy prompted a strategic battlefield shift some 1400 years after it was relayed shows how apocalyptic ideas have fuelled ...

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“The work deals with the theory of ellipses, parabolas, and hyperbolas – the curves which you can see if you shine a flashlight on a wall ... triumph of history, the Islamic Golden Age.

The theme celebrated the daily and yearly rituals that have been integral to Islam throughout its history, and that continue ... objects beside a contemporary wall installation by the artist ...

Non-Muslims use a wood ramp to enter the complex, home to the gilded Dome of the Rock, an Islamic shrine, and the Western Wall, holy to ... “That indicates it’s ancient glass, because during ...

An ancient polychrome wall discovered in northern Peru is believed to be over 4,000 years old and could have been part of a ceremonial temple, according to archaeologists, offering new insights ...