The Mexican government has reiterated its request to Austria to return a precious Aztec headdress of feathers and gold. Currently on display at the Weltmuseum in Vienna, legend has it that this “penacho” belonged to Emperor Moctezuma (1466-1520). This Aztec headdress called El Penacho is on displa
Vegetius explains that accurate communication is essential to the tactics of the armies , which can be carried out by means of vocal signals, commands spoken by the commander; semivowels, which require prior preparation to interpret the instruments when sounding; and silent, where the banners, emble
Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed a predynastic cemetery at Abydos in Upper Egypt. With its brick walls, covered with adobe, one of the 5500 year old tombs recently discovered in a predynastic cemetery of Abydos, in the province of Sohag in Upper Egypt. TREASURES. Abydos, the city of the fi
Egyptologists have recovered in ancient Athribis more than 18,000 fragments with inscriptions, remains of vessels and ceramics that served as writing material about 2,000 years ago. The fragments, known as ostraci, document lists of names, purchases of food and everyday objects, and even school writ