In recent years, thanks to YouTube, videos have become popular advertising the old thesis that an extraterrestrial race arrived on Earth –Anunnaki – and created the Sumerians, as genetic slaves, to work extracting metals, especially gold. On the one hand, one might wonder what curious aliens are th
We often have the image that slaves were treated cruelly in ancient Mesopotamia. That is an idea that comes from the Assyrians and Babylonians, who spared no lashes with them. The Sumerians, on the other hand, had a somewhat curious attitude towards slavery. To begin with, aside from the obvious fac
On many occasions you will have read, in books or web pages, that the oldest code of laws of humanity is that of Hammurabi . The truth is that this is not quite true. Actually, when the author of the day writes the text he should specify that it is the oldest code of laws BEST PRESERVED. It has come
Those of you who have seen the movie Gladiator (2000), directed by Ridley Scott, you will remember how bad the emperor Commodus was (Joaquin Phoenix) and the dirty tricks he did to our hero Máximo Décimo Meridio (Russell Crowe). There is a moment in the film that seems brutal to me:when Commodus
In some militaria forums on the internet there is often a discussion about who invented the concentration camps. It is a tricky issue, since it implies a great ideological and political weight. Nobody likes to admit that his grandfather was a beast. Therefore, supporters of Nazism try to shift the b
As a general rule, we tend to assume that International Working Womens Day , or International Womens Day It is an invention of the 20th century. However, looking at ancient history we can find the surprise that the last century was not the one of the invention of womens rights but, on occasions, of
In the Sumerian religion, hell was not a place of damnation. For the Sumerians there was no idea of reward or punishment after death. Human beings had been created to serve the gods, and sin therefore only existed in relation to faults against the divinity. Hell (they called it “world on the other
Imagine thousands of people in a big city making love in the streets. Are we in a porn screenwriters dream? Well no. We will be in a Sumerian city during the New Years party. The Sumerians only considered two seasons:summer and winter. The New Year was celebrated at the beginning of the summer, coin
In Sumer, sex was lived and practiced with great disinhibition. The goddess who became the greatest of the Sumerian pantheon was Inanna (later Ishtar), goddess of love, sex and war, as well as protector of the crown and... of prostitutes . How was it possible that a great goddess protected prostitut
We already know that Hollywood has its particular way of interpreting the cultural myths of the rest of the world. For all those history lovers, the experience of watching the movies of The Scorpion King must have been a deep heartburn. Nothing as unnerving as seeing the Akkadians turned into a cloa
After enjoying a good meal and a coffee, if we have time and the company lends itself to it, the digestifs in a shot version (herb pomace, pacharán and others) usually kick off entertaining gatherings in which any topic is can try and where it is better not to give up so that they dont crucify you .
The water that reached the city of Rome through the aqueducts was stored in large tanks from where it was distributed to bakeries, houses, bathrooms... The excess water from these priority uses ended up in the sewage network: the Cloaca Máxima . Its construction began in the 6th century BC. by King
Throughout history there have been many who have had to face the fearsome war elephant, the tanks of Antiquity , but only some like Publius Cornelius Scipio , the besieged in the city of Megara , Tamerlane and the brave rajputs they knew how to face them and defeat them. The Carthaginians used the
In thousands of preserved papyri, it is surprising to note that the situation of women in the Greco-Roman period of Egypt was, in certain matters, much better than any other time before the 20th century. Although the women were not citizens and, with few exceptions, needed a guardian to represent th
To a translation error… and to all those who have taken advantage of it for centuries . To find this “error » we have to look at a passage in the Bible, specifically in Genesis , where he details that God made Eve from Adams rib... Then the LORD caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and while he
Approximately 4,300 years ago, during the earliest known empire in history (the Akkadian ), a girl was born who would revolutionize an entire culture... Enheduanna de Akhad . She was the daughter of the founder of the empire, Sargon of Akhad , but her immortality did not come to her because she was
When we say the word “marathon ”, the image of poor Filipides immediately comes to mind. throwing the lung before the Athenians after the famous battle against the Persians. There is no doubt that he performed quite a heroic deed, whether he covered the 40 km of the official version or the 240 km at
According to popular superstition, it is good luck to be hit, usually on the head or shoulders, by a pigeons intestinal waste. Well, the explanation may have to be found in the election of Pope Fabian in 236. After the death of Pope Antero, martyred by Emperor Maximin Thracian who had reactivated t
Although the toothbrush, as we know it today, was invented by William Addis in Newgate prison (England), the act of cleaning your teeth must be as old as eating… imagine how annoying it must be to carry a tooth bone mammoth between the teeth all day. Leaving aside the tool used, we will focus on the
Fulvia , wife of Marco Antonio, was a woman who rebelled against the role attributed to her by Roman society - that of a mere troupe - and who played an important role in the decisions of her own husband - as in her two previous marriages - and, therefore, of the second triumvirate that ruled Rome (
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets Two of the best-known monarchs of the Middle Ages in Europe were Alfonso X the Wise of Castile and Edward I of England, known as the Hammer of the Scots. In the blog and in some collaboration on other pages there are several entries dedicated to the famous
The fall of the Roman Empire began in the mid-4th century AD, mainly due to factors such as economic crisis and barbarian invasions. By Me. Cláudio FernandesWhen we talk about Fall of the Roman Empire , it must be understood that it is about the fall of the Western Roman Empire, that is, the portio
The term «butterfly effect » was coined by the meteorologist and mathematician Edward Lorenz (1917-2008) when trying to make a prediction of the atmospheric climate. Its meaning could be summarized in that a small initial disturbance, through an amplification process, can generate a considerably lar
The magnanimity of Stelios Mavrommatis, a few hours before he went up to the gallows, is monumental. He had the power to forgive the one who betrayed him. The priest writes:Mavrommatis was a very sentimental guy, but active and energetic and full of patriotic enthusiasm. He was very magnanimous and