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Oldest Asteroid Impact Changed Earth's Climate

Oldest Asteroid Impact Changed Earth's Climate

The Earth's surface is continually changing due to tectonic activity and erosion, making it very difficult to date very old impact craters (or astroblems). This is what happened to the Yarrabubba crater, 70 km wide, in Western Australia, which lacked a precise age but was considered one of the oldest on our planet.

Ancient Makara statue found in Cambodia

Ancient Makara statue found in Cambodia

Archaeologists from Siem Reap (Cambodia) are investigating a large statue representing a Makara (sea monster from Hindu mythology) carved out of rock, which was found in Phnom Kulen National Park, in Svay, Siem Reap province, Cambodia. The director of the Department, Sun Kong, explained this week that the statue was found by a local resident last Saturday, being inspected by the authorities on Sunday.

International Congress

International Congress "Medieval eschatology"

The International Congress "Medieval eschatology" will be held in Santiago de Compostela on July 28 and 29, 2020. Eschatology is one of the central components of medieval Christian culture. The end of the world, the Last Judgment, salvation, messianism, the Antichrist, apocalypticism and millennialism, are essential elements within what we can generically call "medieval eschatology."

They analyze the makeup composition of Roman times

They analyze the makeup composition of Roman times

A study carried out jointly by researchers from the Merida Consortium, the University of Granada (UGR) and the Institute of Cultural Heritage of Spain has analyzed a make-up case from Roman times (1st century AD) that still contained remains of the stored product. The results of the study have been published in the journal Saguntum.

Who was Eros? Biography of the «most beautiful of the gods»

Who was Eros? Biography of the «most beautiful of the gods»

Eros is a primordial divinity that arises from Chaos itself together with Gaia, being defined by Hesiod in the Theogony “the most beautiful of the Immortal Gods, who breaks the limbs and who, both Gods and mortals, tames the heart and the prudent will. ”According to the Orphics, it would have been born from the original egg generated by Nix (the Night) and whose halves would have formed the Earth and the Sky.

Who was Eleanor of Aquitaine? Biography of an unconventional queen

Who was Eleanor of Aquitaine? Biography of an unconventional queen

Eleanor of Aquitaine (Poitiers, 1122 - Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, 2 3 1 April 12044) was a French medieval noblewoman and from 1137 in her own right Duchess of Aquitaine and Guyenne and Countess of Gascony. Leonor could seem to eyes of his contemporaries the most conventional of the queens of England, but nothing could be further from the truth.

Who was Creon? Biography of the King of Thebes

Who was Creon? Biography of the King of Thebes

Creon (or Creon) was king of Thebes, successor of Laius and brother of Jocasta. He gave the throne to Oedipus after the episode of the Sphinx, giving him the hand of Jocasta. When Oedipus left for exile, he returned the throne to him and entrusted him to his sons, Eteocles and Polynice. Creon sacrificed his son Megareo to the god Ares to save Thebes from the Seven Chiefs.

Archaeological dissemination day at the Valencina Museum

Archaeological dissemination day at the Valencina Museum

Archaeological dissemination session at the Museum of Valencina: archaeological investigations and adaptation of the building project - Friday, March 13, 2020. - House of Culture - Museum of Valencina.– Hours: from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Free and free attendance until complete capacity. - Opening of the Conference: Mayor of Valencina, Antonio M.

Who were the Heliades in Greek mythology?

Who were the Heliades in Greek mythology?

The Heliades were the daughters of Helios and the nymph Clymene, there were seven: Lampetia, Helie, Merope, Phoebe, Etheria, Egle and Dioxipe. Other sources, however, name only three: Egle, Faetusa and Lampetia. In 'The Odyssey', Faetusa and Lampetia are considered as daughters of the nymph Neera. According to the myth, when Phaethon, his brother, died when he tried to drive the chariot of their father Helios, the Heliades wept for four months.

Biography and myths of King Midas, King Mita of Phrygia

Biography and myths of King Midas, King Mita of Phrygia

King Midas is a famous character from Greek and Roman mythology, renowned for his legendary ability to turn everything he touched into gold.The Myth of King Midas According to the myth of Midas, the king received a wish from Dionysus for having helped Silenus , and a prisoner of his greed, he requested that he turn everything he touched into gold.

A document from almost 80 years ago reveals the names of 12,000 Nazis in Argentina who sent money to Switzerland

A document from almost 80 years ago reveals the names of 12,000 Nazis in Argentina who sent money to Switzerland

The Jewish human rights organization Centro Simon Wiesenthal announced the disclosure of 12,000 names of Nazis in Argentina, many of whom sent funds to Switzerland before 1943, and it is believed that it could be money stolen from Jewish families under the regime of Adolf Hitler The historical document was delivered to the Center by the Argentine researcher Pedro Filipuzzi, who found this writing in a former Nazi headquarters in the City of Buenos Aires.

They restore a Roman dagger lost in the battle of Teutoburg

They restore a Roman dagger lost in the battle of Teutoburg

A silver-encrusted iron Roman dagger that a legionnaire would have lost in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest shines again after a nine-month restoration, The Times reported. Nico Calman, a 19-year-old trainee archaeologist, found that dagger ornamented almost a year ago while digging a trench in a cemetery near present-day Haltern am See (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).

Synopsis of ‘Great medieval manuscripts’, by Christopher de Hamel

Synopsis of ‘Great medieval manuscripts’, by Christopher de Hamel

Christopher de Hamel, one of the leading experts in illuminated manuscripts and emeritus librarian of the prestigious Parker Library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, collects in 'Great medieval manuscripts' a sample of the most important and beautiful texts of the European continent. Each of the chosen books, De Hamel introduces us to kings, queens, saints, scribes, artists, librarians, thieves and collectors and invites us to accompany him on a fascinating journey through religion, art, literature, music, and culture. science and history.

Photographer finds 120-year-old

Photographer finds 120-year-old "time capsule"

French photographer and blogger Mathieu Stern found a 'time capsule' that held several objects approximately 120 years old. According to the RT news agency, Stern received information from some relatives about a box containing antiques, kept in some part of his family's old mansion.

They discover that all the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Museum of the Bible are false

They discover that all the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Museum of the Bible are false

A group of researchers has discovered that all the Dead Sea Scrolls that were exhibited in the Museum of the Bible, located in Washington (USA), are false. The results were revealed last Saturday by the company Art Fraud Insights, dedicated to prevent artistic fraud. The company's director, Colette Loll, noted that the specialists carried out "an exhaustive review of all the results of the images", and did the respective "scientific analysis", showing that the 16 text fragments they are false.

The VIII Prize for the study of the Spanish Chivalric Orders announced

The VIII Prize for the study of the Spanish Chivalric Orders announced

The "Lux Hispaniarum" foundation of the Royal Council of the Chivalric Orders of Santiago, Calatrava, Alcántara and Montesa, in order to encourage the study of them among young people, is pleased to announce the VIII Prize for the study of Chivalric Orders Spanish "Manuel Corchado Soriano", in memory of a life dedicated to the investigation of these institutions.

Huge hut made of mammoth bones found in Russia

Huge hut made of mammoth bones found in Russia

Over the past decades, archaeologists have found dozens of structures made of mammoth skin and bones in western Russia and Ukraine believed to have been the dwellings of ancient hunter-gatherers and were abandoned during the Ice Age. A recent find has set a new size record for buildings of this type.

Biography of Eansvida, founder of the first convent in England

Biography of Eansvida, founder of the first convent in England

Eansvida (Old English: Ēanswīþ; Latin: Eanswythe or Eanswide) was born in Kent in 614 and died in Folkestone in 640, she was an Anglo-Saxon princess, founder of the Benedictine priory of Folkestone, the first convent in England. ? According to tradition, Eansvida was the daughter of Eadbald of Kent, who ruled his little kingdom in the south-eastern part of Britain between 616 and 640.

Information analysis: another reason to study History

Information analysis: another reason to study History

Over the years, the belief that history is an "idle" career, studied as a hobby, seems to have been instigated, since the job opportunities it offers a priori are more limited. However, those of us who study a degree in geography and history, we do it out of true passion rather than hobby.

Rafael's 500th Anniversary: ​​visit the virtual museum with all his works

Rafael's 500th Anniversary: ​​visit the virtual museum with all his works

On April 6, the 500th anniversary of the death of Rafael Sanzio, Italian genius of painting, will commemorate. Throughout his short life, in which he also stood out as an architect, he painted some of the most important paintings of the High Renaissance such as 'The Transfiguration', 'The Graces' or 'The School of Athens', his most famous work featuring some of the most important philosophers, scientists and mathematicians in history such as Pythagoras or Plato.