More than 2,000 years before the arrival of the Spanish conquerors, the Incas already had a rich culture of their own, different from that of other pre-Columbian peoples. Over the centuries, the Incas expanded their territories and assimilated characteristics from other cultures:Chavins, Nascas, Hua
The Incas had a very complex economic and social organization. It was linked to a monumental art, which deserves to be known especially for its ability to overcome the difficulties imposed by the relief. As this region is marked by the presence of earthquakes, it should be noted that even the large
The great Inca empire, in which at the time of the colonizers there were about 12 million citizens (never call an Inca an Indian he hates it, because they dont think they are Indians they were a civilization ), while in Europe there were only 7 million, but with ignorance they managed to destroy the
Americas oldest culture? A thousand kilometers north of Lake Titicaca, at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, in the Peruvian Andes, there are the ruins of something absolutely disconcerting, close to a village called Chávin:an immense temple. Cieza de León in 1548 and Antônio de Espinoza in 16
This Sunday is Palm Sunday and thousands of families will attend mass early and return home with an olive branch, a symbol of the triumphant and humble entry of Jesus Christ, son of Mary and Joseph, to the city of Jerusalem. This date marks the beginning of Holy Week , in which the public life of th
In our country, distributed between the mountains and the jungle, we have almost 60 native languages, also called original languages, all repositories of ancestral knowledge, traditions and ways of living of compatriots, who deserve be preserved as cultural heritage and considered a fundamental part
Perhaps he is the last educator -in all the extension of the word- of the 20-21 century. His ideas revolutionized teaching to the point of being considered a kind of countercultural agent, amid the self-imposed parameters of custom, closed indoctrination, and little creativity. His teaching methods,
The psychologists They are celebrating this April 30 and from Spill Magisterial we offer a greeting and recognition to the task, often little valued, that they carry out both in mental health centers and in educational and labor institutions. Human behavior is, in many of its extremes, unpredictable
In the gallery of heroes of our country, the name of Andrés Rázuri He has always gone unnoticed, as if he deserved to be in the background compared to the obvious glories of names like Grau, Bolognesi, Ugarte and others. However, his decisive participation in the battle of Junín, one of the most cri
Ana Condori Sulca, better known as Siwar Q’ente , she was born in Huaycahuacho, province of Lucanas, Ayacucho, in 1937. Possessing a unique timbre of voice and a great capacity for interpretation, she managed to impress the Cuzco musician Luis Durand Rodríguez who caused her to be baptized as Siwar
After the presentation of Volume 13 of our Peruvian Educational Thought-CPEP Collection, held on Friday, January 23 at the Institute of Peruvian Studies-IEP, we present an interesting article by Dr. Manuel Burga Díaz, editorial coordinator of this monumental publication that covers the history of Pe
On the eve of the 481st anniversary of our capital city, many web pages and reports in the conventional media carry reports, columns, sketches and recounts of historical data, emblematic characters, songs, about the three times crowned City of Kings. Now we propose an exercise in reflection In relat
481 years ago, in 1535, Francisco Pizarro he founded Lima and subsequently made it the capital of the Viceroyalty of Peru. Before that date, the territory made up of the valleys of the rivers Rímac, Chillón and Lurín They had nothing special, except for being the place where some pre-Inca cultures s
The filmmaker and writer Pilar Roca Palacio published her work Terror in the Andes last year, through the publishing fund of the University of Sciences and Humanities (UCH) and had a great impact on the Peruvian book scene. The book, which narrates the atrocities committed by the Spanish armies at
Since 1963, the national university that bears the name of our biography this week has contributed to the training of professionals in various specialties, particularly related to the world of science. Over the years it has expanded its faculties and today it ranks among one of the most prestigious
Time and misinformation permanently threaten to leave fundamental figures of our academic and intellectual history in oblivion, leaving behind an immense legacy of history that should contribute to our improvement as professionals and as people, because there is nothing that stimulates the self-este
Peru was once a land of artists. The composers, writers, musicians and plastic artists that emerged in this country during the first half of the 20th century set the tone and trends of Latin American art or, alternatively, were always among the great names of intellectual and artistic production. Ma
This Thursday, March 27, starting at 7pm., the Editorial Fund of Spill Magisterial will present the last five volumes of the monumental Peruvian Educational Thought Collection , in the auditorium of the Lima Chamber of Commerce. This is an unprecedented publication that tells, in 15 carefully docume
The influence of the indigenist movement , which had sublime manifestations in Peruvian literature and painting (just to mention two artistic expressions), in educational thought; the contributions of Jorge Basadre and Clos Cueto Fernandini , pillars of the first inventories in national education; t
Before an audience of more than 300 people including authorities, teachers, representatives of various institutions and personalities from the educational, cultural and artistic fields, the Editorial Fund of Spill Magisterial presented, with success, the last five volumes (from 11 to 15) of his monu
The Brazilian Integralist Action (AIB) was a political organization created in 1932 by Plínio Salgado and was the first mass party in Brazil. Initially, they supported the Vargas government. However, with the establishment of the Estado Novo (1937), they promoted the Integralist Levante, which took
Rodrigues Alves was a Brazilian politician, 5th President of the Republic of Brazil (3rd civil president), who ruled the country from 1902 to 1906, in the period called “Old Republic” (1889-1930) after the mandate of Campos Sales. A farmer from São Paulo, Alves represented an important figure, supp
By Juan José Pacheco Ibarra UNMSM Historian How did the ancient people of Lima celebrate Christmas? In the 19th century, Christmas was a true religious holiday, very different from the one we celebrate now. Christmas was the central celebration of a series of activities that lasted throughout the
João Goulart or Jango , as he became known, was the twenty-fourth President of the Republic of Brazil . He assumed the presidency of the country, with the resignation of Jânio Quadros , ruling Brazil from 1961 to 1964. Biography of João Goulart João Belchior Marques Goulart was born at the Estanc