This type of recreation of medieval combat was popularized in Eastern Europe and consists of fighting with weapons such as swords, axes or spears and armor completely faithful to the time they want to set and made to measure. The only difference is that the weapons are dull and only contact and impa
Dionisio Álvarez Cueto He was born in 1964 into a working family from Bembibre, one of the historical capitals of the Bierzo region of Leon. After completing his Primary and Secondary studies in the town where he was born, he moved to Madrid where, after starting his degree in Journalism, he abandon
The history of revolutions almost always revolves around great characters. Ideologists, politicians and soldiers, the order is not random, although any of them can be framed in various categories, who succeeded or failed and whose stories and actions then serve as the backbone of the narration of th
The military history It is experiencing a significant boom, as evidenced by the growing number of publications and events that involve both civil society and academia. A central aspect of military history is battle . In the fact of weapons, they converge in different planes and levels of historical
«In some way, drawing is for me a synonym of thinking» Victor A. Lundy was born on February 1, 1923 in New York into a family of Russian immigrants, and soon showed an aptitude for drawing and painting. His parents, recognizing his talent, supported him to study architecture at New York University,
The obsession with outer space was born, along with Science, in the philosophical schools of classical Greece, which took its ideas from the Egyptians and Babylonians; and since then we find interest in astronomy in all ages. However, it was not more than half a century ago that space was finally co
Recent years have seen the happy rise of interest in historical recreation, heritage conservation and historical knowledge by the general public. We all know the traditional informative effect of cinema, documentaries and museums, the massive entry into the market of the historical novel and the dis
The May 8 report by Martínez Campos When the Civil War ended, the Nationalist Army became what the regime called the Army of Peace, reducing its size from an equivalent of about 57 divisions to 25. In April 1940 the reorganization of the Spanish divisions was completed. The authorities of the regime
As it happens with all the regiments that existed in the year 1899,[1] there is a copy of the history of the Alcántara Cavalry Regiment guarded in the General Military Archive of Segovia; however, it is surprising that everything that appears in said archive until the year 1851, after the reorganiza
The history of humanity has been narrated in different forms, using different media and actors, thus constructing discourses that vary according to each community and historical moment. Currently, scientific discourse is one of the most relevant and, despite the value of neutrality that is recognize
During the first half of the 8th millennium cal . ANE, agriculture was expanding rapidly throughout much of the Fertile Crescent . Despite the successful diffusion of this new way of life based on the exploitation of a series of domestic plants and animals, there were communities that, in the arid m
With his passion for supporting cultural projects in the field of human paleontology and archaeology, Palarq Foundation promotes a series of informative videos on its YouTube channel hand in hand with the youtubers cultural JJ Priego and the Pakozoic. JJ Priego, cultural promoter through his channe
National archeology is in luck. Last Thursday, October 7, an international jury awarded the II Palarq Foundation National Award for Archeology and Paleontology , a private non-profit entity created just five years ago to promote scientific projects in human archeology and paleontology abroad, with a
The project directed by Natalia Égüez from the University of La Laguna (Tenerife) is a collaboration between this institution, the National Museum of Mongolia and the Institut Català dArqueologia Clàssica (ICAC) in Tarragona. In addition, researchers from the Milà i Fontanals Institution for Researc
In the south of Morocco we located important cores of engravings made on stone blocks or vertical walls and, more exceptionally, of paintings executed in rock shelters. Since 2011, the Tamanart Team is investigating these artistic representations, considering their natural and cultural environment,
The results and experiences of these investigations have served as starting point for the implementation of an investigation (CumoT project ) aimed at the chronological and biocultural characterization of human remains and materials from mortuary caves in the state of Tamaulipas , applying specific
In the midst of those technological innovations, the inhabitants of the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, the Phoenicians, sailed along the Egyptian and North African coast until they reached the other shore, the westernmost, the furthest or Iberian as the Greeks called it. This event occurred bet
The first days of the month of July 2022 will form part of the history of the field of human evolution. The excavations at level TE7 of the Sima del Elefante cave site have surprised us with an exceptional find. This is the partial face of a human being , whose age may be around 1.4 million years .
The Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese nationalist uprising led by the Boxers (or Boxers) sect against foreign legations and Catholic missions in Peking in 1900. This revolt came about as a reaction to the dismantling of China by Western powers. country. From June 20, 1900, Beijing resounded with the cri
The War of 1870 pitted France and allied Prussia against a coalition of German states, from July 1870 to January 1871. It originated in a diplomatic incident between the two countries over the succession of the Spanish crown, the ambitious Chancellor Bismarck having cleverly trapped Napoleon III wit
The massacre of Protestants at Wassy under the aegis of the Duke of Guise triggers, in France, the 1st March 1562, a real war of religion. The legitimate heir under Salic law (which contains the rules of succession to the throne of France), Henry IV, who was first a Protestant leader, must, to ascen
This fierce fight continued for two weeks, with both sides strengthening at the same rate so that neither could gain the upper hand. In an attempt to demoralize the million people of Madrid and also to satisfy the curiosity of German officers eager to see the reaction of the civilian population duri
Exit from Missolonghi, by Theodoros Vryzakis, 1853. National Gallery, Athens • WIKIMEDIA COMMONS The Greek War of Independence lasted almost a decade, from 1821 to 1832, if we stick to a chronology that does not take into account its premises and its immediate aftermath. From this long and compl
In Greek mythology, Artemis is the goddess of the hunt and of the Moon (by analogy with Apollo, who is the god of the Sun). In Roman mythology, she is called Diana. “Diana of Versailles” statue of Artemis hunting, accompanied by a doe. Imperial period Roman copy (1st-2nd century AD) of a Greek br