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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => History => Topic started by: rangerrebew on November 12, 2017, 01:47:10 pm
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Now Hear This: Ancient Amphitheater Acoustics Weren't So Great After All
By Mindy Weisberger, Senior Writer | November 10, 2017 12:55pm ET
If you were sitting in the upper rows of the ancient Greek amphitheater of Epidaurus 2,300 years ago, could you have heard the whisper of an actor's sigh, or the crackle of a match as it flared to life, as accounts have claimed?
Probably not, according to a new study.
https://www.livescience.com/60906-ancient-ampitheater-acoustics-not-great.html