Representation of a bison in the Spanish cave of Altamira • ISTOCKPHOTO It was too incredible to be true:“The Altamira painters technique includes the following elements:linear perspective, aerial perspective, colors diluted in water or grease, brush. Could Paleolithic people have painted these
The Sphinx of Giza or Great Sphinx of Giza is a giant monument, erected at the time of Ancient Egypt that is located near the Pyramids of Egypt, on the west bank of the River Nile, on the outskirts of Cairo. The presence of the three pyramids (Chephren, Cheops and Menkaure) and the Sphinx as a guar
During the 1560s, Philip II ordered the construction of 50 new galleys for operations in the Mediterranean. The largest, the Real , was built in the Barcelona shipyards in 1568. Badly damaged in the Battle of Lepanto, she sank on her way back to Messina. In addition to the normal crew (20 to 30 men
Hereditary captaincies were plots of land established and given to the grantees by the Portuguese king from 1533 onwards. The hereditary captaincies were the first attempt by the Portuguese Crown to organize the occupation and colonization of Brazil. The system was implemented in the 1530s and cons