They were the first humans to walk fully upright about two million years ago and were present during the Pleistocene. Much of the current knowledge about Homo erectus in Asia comes from the island of Java in Indonesia, specifically on the banks of the Solo River, at the Ngandong site.
Migratory phenomena are to a large extent marking the current geopolitics and taking part of the public debate of the moment, although it is not known to anyone that they are nothing new in the historical evolution of the human being, always driven by the need for resources for their survival, search for better living conditions or flight from threats of various kinds, among other aspects.
The book 'Manual of good conservation practices in archaeological excavations' by Belén Santos Alarcón, is an essential work for all those who want to start in the world of archeology and who want to follow a series of guidelines that are not always taught to students who carry out practices in deposits.
Jordan is a small country in the Middle East that occupies less than 100,000 square kilometers, including the Dead Sea. However, what will really surprise you, among many things, is the variety of climates and landscapes, as well as the rich history of the country from the Paleolithic period to the Hellenistic period, the Ottoman rule and the eventual establishment of the Hashemite Kingdom.
Sports betting is one of the most visible phenomena of the technological revolution and the continuous use of mobile phones and the Internet by users. Online bookmakers that appear on portals such as lamejorcasadeapuestas.es are today the main source of this leisure. But the presence of this activity in society is not something exclusive to this time, since the action of betting on a sporting event had a great trajectory throughout the 20th century, with a special tradition in the United Kingdom.
Theogony, by Hesiod, is a very broad poem that is based on the deity of the gods or the birth of these gods. Its title means "genealogy or birth of the gods", being a large-scale synthesis of a great variety of traditions Local Greeks about the gods, organized as a narrative that tells how they came to be and how they established permanent control over the cosmos It is based on amorphous corpus, a system that the Greeks used to include those totally unknown divinities that were named in the Homeric poems .
Almost every day phenomena appear that go viral, but not all of them are exactly didactic. This one that we are going to talk about is really interesting from our point of view, since thanks to its author, many children (and adults) know much more about the history of classical music authors than we could learn in our music classes. school music.
Euristeo was son of Esténelo and Nicipe, and descendant like Hercules de Perseo. It was the king of Mycenae who ordered Hercules the famous 12 labors.Euristeus, King of Mycenae Having decreed that Zeus would be king the first born, Hera asked Ilithia to delay the birth of Hercules, so that Eurystheus would be king, thanks to which became king of Mycenae, Tiryns and Midea.
The complexity of the behavior and the avant-garde and innovative character of the human groups that inhabited Orce (Granada) and its environment is confirmed with a new study of the ProyectORCE research project, led by Professor Juan M. Jiménez Arenas from the University of Granada ( UGR) .In the Barranco León site, one of the oldest human remains considered to be on the European continent (Niño de Orce) had already been found, an individual that belonged to a much more innovative human population than previously thought.
In the massive restoration to which the ancient city of Pompeii was subjected, new frescoes and inscriptions not seen until now have been discovered.Pompeii underwent a deep restoration, where collapsed structures were repaired, walls were reinforced, and areas were excavated virgins on the site.
When the V Centenary of the expedition is fulfilled, RTVE and Amazon Prime Video come together to launch the international co-production 'Sin Limits', a four-episode adventure series that will bring Elcano and Magellan's first round the world tour to television The story of the exciting journey of the five ships that, leaving Spain, showed that the Earth is spherical, had not been told in fiction until now.
Archaeologists who study what life was like for the aboriginal populations of the Canaries have just come across an opportunity like the one that hasn't been presented to them since the late 19th century: exploring a large funerary cave, with at least 72 individuals, that possibly no one has ever touched The only problem is that part of the visor of that cavity collapsed in the past and rain, sun, temperature changes and even birds have long been eroding what were once 72 complete mummies. , now reduced to a collection of disordered bones, but which retain invaluable information at risk of disappearing forever.
An international team of scientists detected a rare disease, which still affects humans today, in the fossilized tail of a young dinosaur that lived more than 60 million years ago. The fossil, discovered in southern Alberta, Canada, is of a small hadrosaur - a herbivorous dinosaur with a flattened beak -, a species that was "common in the world 66-80 million years ago", reads a statement from researchers at Tel Aviv University.
Deyanira was the daughter of Eneo, king of Calidón and wife of Hercules with whom she had a son, Hilo.When they left Calidón and when crossing the river Eveno, the centaur Neso tried to rape Clytemnestra being killed at that moment by Heracles with a poisoned arrow. However, before dying, he gave her a tunic that, he said, would make Hercules, using it, never abandon her.
Today we share a video with a summary of the history of Machu Picchu.The Historic Sanctuary of the National Archaeological Park of Machu Picchu is a cultural and natural area inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, one of the great symbols of the Inca empire and of Peru, and one of the great pre-Columbian civilizations.
Las Duelistas, by Mamen Gil, is a book in which we will find some of the most famous duels in history, starring women. More than 100 years ago a duel took place in Madrid's Retiro Park, whose protagonists were Paz Villavicencio and Lolita, nicknamed “de las Canas.” They were two courtesans who wanted to settle the brawl that started at the Café Fornos, one of the most famous and busiest establishments of the time, located on Calle Alcalá on the corner of Calle Peligros.
A group of scientists from the University of Miami (USA) have explored with modern laser technology a Mayan stone road of 100 kilometers that 13 centuries ago, connected the ancient cities of Cobá and Yaxuná in the Yucatan Peninsula. study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, is the first investigation of the Mayan 'highway' with 'LiDAR' technology, consisting of a laser that deeply scans the ground even through thick vegetation, revealing the topography of the terrain, thus like any artificial feature.
Synopsis of 'The Rise of Germany' World War II is one of the most important conflicts in history, but for seven decades its story has been fixed by the works of the previous generation of historians, heavily marked by propaganda and interpretation from the limited information available.
Santorini has long been a firm favorite on everyone's bucket list. Even though the very essence of "The Greek Islands" looks stunning in travel magazines and social media, is it really an accurate description? The quintessential landscape of whitewashed buildings against cerulean blue seas is a typical Santorini postcard… but many don't realize that this image was probably painted to perfection.
The strong storms that have hit the Orkney Islands (north of Scotland) in recent months have put at risk an ancient Pictish and Viking cemetery almost 1,500 years old, publishes Live Science. The strong waves and winds have eroded the cliff of sandstone from Newark Bay on which the pantheon stands, leaving the graves vulnerable, so a group of volunteers are stacking sacks of clay and sand to protect the ancient skeletons and limit damage.
