By Carlos Machado, University of Saint Andrews (Scotland) For centuries, the monumentality and grandeur of the city of Rome have captured the imagination of visitors, enthusiasts and the general public. The reconstructions that we see in films and TV miniseries of the great imperial monuments rei
The Yankee class is the NATO code for a type of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine that was originally commissioned by the Soviet Union around 1968. 34 units were produced under the Soviet designation Project 667A Navaga (named after the eponymous fish) and Project 667AU “Nalim” (barbot). 2
War has long been thought to have been the primary creative force in civilization. Recent research at the archaeological site of Caral in Peru challenge this theory. A little over 6,000 years ago, in several places on the planet, man left forests and savannahs to build grandiose cities and monuments
The pyramid of Djoser, near Saqqara, whose particularity is to be in steps • ISTOCKPHOTO The oldest pyramid in Egypt, that of Djoser, erected around 4,700 years ago near the site of Saqqara, needed a major renovation. It took 14 years of work to revamp the old lady, seriously shaken by an earthq