University of Milan

Over 100 Japanese Burial Mounds 'Kofun' Captured in a Satellite Imaging; Keyhole-Shaped Tombs Designed to Face Rising Sun

Medicine & Technology Jan 21, 2022

University of Milan captured satellite images of over 100 Japanese burial mounds or Kofuns scattered across the country. Each of the tombs were oriented to face the rising sun everyday of the year as tribute to the sun goddess Amaterasu.

Italian Island Mysteriously Spared from COVID-19

Jul 27, 2020

Experts are baffled how an island in Italy, one of the countries with record-high coronavirus cases, could have been spared from the deadly virus. Could genes have something to do with this mystery or was it pure luck?

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