The term culture derives from the Latin word "cultivation", and began to be used in the 18th century as a synonym for "good customs", resembling everything that can be acquired through education. In the 19th century, it began to be used as a synonym for civilization, a general concept nowadays.
Although we are in a difficult time to travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is expected that the entire sector will reactivate very soon and we can begin to move with more freedom, although it is almost certain that in a different way than we have done. In this last decade, in view of this possibility, we want to share with you a series of travel tips for travelers that we recommend to follow, which together with others that we can read on reference websites such as mochilerostv.
A group of Chinese archaeologists found more than 6,000 ancient tombs in the south of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, reported this Thursday the Research Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology of that city. The archaeological remains found are approximately between 650 and 2,500 years of antiquity, and they cover from the period of the warring kingdoms (between 475 and 221 a.
'The great defeat of Diocletian' is a work by Jesús Pardo, published in 2004.Cayo Aurelio Valerio Diocleciano, Dalmatian by origin and of a very modest birth, is considered one of the most reforming and intelligent sovereigns that Europe has ever had. Named emperor from Rome in the year 285 of our era, he soon came to the conclusion that a territory as vast and with borders as difficult as the Roman one needed more than one head.
'The Mammoth Hunters' is the third installment in the series 'The Children of the Earth' by Jean M. Auel, after 'The Cave Bear Clan' and 'The Valley of the Horses'. Endowed with great narrative ability and making gala of the same vivid authenticity that he embodied in The Clan of the Cave Bear and its sequel, The Valley of the Horses, Jean M.
Dionysus (for the Romans Bacchus), was the god of wine, drunkenness, ecstasy and delirium, being the son of Zeus and Semele, fulfilled by Zeus by showing himself in all his power, something that Semele herself had asked him to induce because of jealous Hera, Zeus took the embryo and sewed it to his leg, where, after the corresponding time, Dionysus was born.
Demosthenes (Athens 384 BC - Calauria 322 BC) was one of the greatest orators in history and an important Athenian politician politician, his famous oratory skills are the last significant expressions of Athenian intellectuals before falling into the hands of King Philip II. of Macedonia, father of Alexander the Great.
Ares is the God of War, in his brutal character. He was the son of Zeus and Hera and was called Mars by the Romans. She was one of the twelve Olympian Divinities. The Greeks, however, preferred Athena, also Goddess of War but without the brutal character of Ares, who personified carnage and murder on the battlefields, where she appeared in her chariot of war, clad in cuirass and helmet, spear and sword.
'The Valley of the Horses' is the second installment in Jean M. Auel's 'Children of the Earth' series, following 'The Cave Bear Clan'. After being expelled from the Cave Bear Clan, young Ayla decides to search those who are like her, the Cro-Magnons, and embarks on a journey full of dangers and adventures until she finds a cave to take refuge for a while.
Pan was the god of shepherds and flocks, son of Hermes and the Nymph Diope. He had the body of a man covered with lake hair, goat's feet and horns. Pursuing the Nymph Syringa who rejected him, she asked the gods for protection. turned into cane. Pan cut the cane and made with it the syringa with which the forests are happy.
It is not the first time that genomic analyzes of ancient individuals in Europe reveal how migrations from the Middle East to the Iberian Peninsula have contributed to the current genetic landscape of society. But in each European region these events have had different characteristics due to geography, chronology or even the speed and scope of these processes of miscegenation.
The goddess Athena (Minerva in Roman mythology), was the favorite daughter of Zeus, born directly from his head. Maiden and warrior goddess, personified noble strength and purity. In her dispute with Poseidon about who would preside over Attica, it turned out victorious by granting the inhabitants the olive tree.
What is polymathy? Leonardo Da Vinci defined polymathy as "the ability to encompass knowledge about diverse fields in science, art and humanities", and such is the current definition of what a polymath is. Birth of the polymath conceptThe concept of polymathy was born in the Italian Renaissance (uomo universale), with the meanings already known as "Renaissance man" or "scholar", thus collecting the basic principles of humanism of the time: man is an all-powerful being, who due to its limitless capacities had to cover all fields of knowledge and develop them.
A 6-year-old boy found a 3,500-year-old clay tablet with the image of a captive man at the Israeli archaeological site of Tel Gema, which was announced Monday by the Israel Antiquities Authority. plate about three centimeters square, probably from the late Bronze Age, with a carved figure representing two men, one leading the other with their hands tied behind their backs.
The first Aboriginal underwater archaeological sites, dating back thousands of years, when the current seafloor was dry land, were discovered off the northwest coast of Australia, Flinders University, a research partner, said on Thursday. very large continent, but few people realize that more than 30 of its land area was flooded by rising sea levels after the last ice age, "said Jonathan Benjamin, coordinator of the Underwater Archeology Program at Flinders University.
A fossil about 115 million years old was found in northeastern Brazil. It belongs to a hitherto unknown species of dinosaur. It is the "Aratasaurus museunacionali", a new species of medium-sized theropod, which reached 3.12 meters in height and could weigh up to 34.25 kilograms.
A team of archaeologists discovered in southeastern Poland a mass grave, dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries, with the remains of more than 100 children, some with coins in their mouths, confirming local legends about a children's cemetery, The Jezowe Township Cultural Center recently reported on its Facebook account.
An international research team belonging to the PlantCult Project, funded by the European Research Council (ERC), has found an anatomical marker that allows recognizing that a grain was malted, which can be used as a new marker in research. difficult to trace because many of its ingredients like alcohol do not keep well.
The Dilophosaurus was discovered 80 years ago, however, it had not been studied very thoroughly and was not well known. This situation gave Steven Spielberg several creative permissions to give this dinosaur the fearsome, yes, but imprecise and minimized characteristics that required the script for his film Jurassic Park, released in 1993.
A group of archaeologists found evidence that the prehistoric site of Navan Fort, in Northern Ireland, includes an Iron Age religious complex, as well as a royal residence from medieval times, collects the RTE chain. carried out by scientists from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Germany, using non-invasive remote sensing methods such as the analysis of the electrical resistance of the soil, the study's lead researcher, Patrick Gleeson, told local media.
