The statue was built by Chares of Lindo , student of Lisippo . After the word “ kolossos was erected Indicated only the very large statues and it was counted among the seven wonders of the world. The construction of the work lasted twelve years and was dedicated in 290 BC. to Helios . It se
Archaeologists have unearthed the first building complex ever discovered in Greece . The complex of 60 buildings marble dates back to 4,600 years and was discovered on a small island in the shape of a mountain peak off the island of Keros , in the Aegean . Specialists began excavating th
Magnificent fabrics and extensive use of colors ( yellow, brown, ocher and blue ) distinguished the clothing of the Persians . The luxurious robes used during the ceremonies recall the great tradition of the Babylonian tailors , but it was in everyday clothing than the Persians they expres
Almost 100 years have passed from the discovery of his tomb by the British Egyptologist Howard Carter . Tutankhamun continues today to keep the attention of the researchers high not only because of the intact funerary collection that surrounded him, found in his tomb despite his early death
The history of the Jewish people begins with Abraham . The first patriarch was born about 1813 BC. in the city of Ur Kassdim , in Caldea . Aware that idolatry was the fruit of the human mind and imagination, from an early age he set out in search of a true god. According to tradition Abraha
A fragment of a Roman military diploma it was discovered during excavations in the central part of the Roman city of Deultum near the village of Debelt in the municipality of Sredets in Bulgaria . The director of the archaeological reserve, Krassimira Kostova , described the find as “
Several Native American tribes over the centuries have passed down ancient legends concerning an ancient race of white-skinned giants and with exceptional features. American writer and researcher Horatio Bardwell Cushman wrote in his book published in 1899 entitled History of the Indians of Ch
Despite the lack of archaeological evidence, even some Polynesian navigators may have reached the southern shores of the New World as experienced navigators able to make such a crossing:those who support this possibility thus explain the presence of the sweet potato , originally from South Americ
It is very likely that primitive American man came from the Asian continent , in particular the human groups must have originated in the steppes Siberian or the region of Southeast Asia. The similarity between the Asian population groups of those regions and the American aborigines has been t
What may have been the cause of the extension of the Neanderthal ? Some kind of cataclysm? A plague? A team of researchers from Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University, Icahn School of Medicine in Mount Sinai and SUNY The Downstate College of Medicine , they believe
Finding of the Mummy: Thursday, September 19, 1991 - 1.30 pm Ötztal Alps - Giogo di Tisa - 3210 m a.s.l. (South Tyrol, Italy) The definitive proof of the effective and extraordinary antiquity of the mummy comes from the dating to Carbon 14 :lived over 5000 years ago , at the time when copper
In the ruins of Chan Chan, capital of the Chimu empire, in Peru, a communication system was found 1,200-1,400 years ago and known as the first example of telephone technology in the Western Hemisphere. The tool consists of two pumpkin tops (each 8.9cm long and coated with resin) which act as soun
An ancient manuscript, the Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis , more commonly known as “ Navigatio , Narrates the adventure of an Irish monk who lived in 500 AD. who made, together with some brothers, a long journey aboard a leather boat (ox skins). This monk was called Brendano and he left Ire
After more than 3,000 days and 6 million hours of work, the Museum Hotel Antakaya has officially opened, becoming an extraordinary museum where visitors can travel through time. The most representative stages? From the wall of 300 BC you soon arrive at the largest mosaic floor in the world fo
A detailed medical examination of the remains of an Egyptian mummy led to a surprising and unprecedented discovery. In the necropolis of Dra Abu el-Naga, on the west bank of the Nile in Thebes, a team of researchers from the University of New Jersey in the United States , from the University of
It is a tin containing an unknown 2000 year old ointment , discovered near an ancient Roman temple in London . The location of its discovery initially led researchers to believe it was an ointment used for healing or for rituals. However, a detailed analysis was able to reveal its ingredients
To Shibam , in the heart of Wadi Hadramaut , in Yemen , there are the first skyscrapers in history . Very tall buildings made with mud that stand out in the middle of the desert. This urban complex is often referred to as the Manhattan of the desert , And one of the oldest and best ex
New evidence has emerged attesting to the complexities of human evolution. A new branch of the hominid family tree has been discovered in the Callao cave, on the largest of the Philippine islands, Luzon. on April 10, 2019 Florent Détroit , of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, re
In English, turkey is called turkey , such as Turkey . But the turkey comes from North America . This is due to a chaotic mix of geography and zoology . The geographic and zoological background hidden in this animal are often little known. Everything was born in Constantinople fi
Between 2003 and 2005 in Naples , in Piazza Municipio , following excavations for the underground, seven Roman ships dated between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD were found. , part of the ancient port structures and thousands of finds closely related to commercial activity were found. The
Vargas second government began in 1951, after winning the presidential elections, and was marked by a strong political crisis that led Vargas to commit suicide. The second government of Getúlio Vargas began in 1951, after winning the presidential elections held the previous year, in 1950. This seco
Hiro Onoda, born March 19, 1922 (Taisho Era 11) in Kamekawa Village (now Kainan City) in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, and died January 16, 2014, was a Japanese soldier stationed on the island of Lubang in the Philippines who refused to believe in the end of World War II and the surrender of Japan in
Croatia was an Italian-German satellite state created after the breakup of Yugoslavia in April 1941. Its leader Ante Pavelic ordered the formation of Croatian armed forces to reinforce his Axis allies and overlords. Italy has always had territorial ambitions over Yugoslavia, since 1918, long befo
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, known as Lord Kitchener, born in Ballylongford (County Kerry, Ireland) on June 24, 1850 and died off the coast of Orkney on June 5, 1916, was a British marshal and politician. Youth Horatio Herbert Kitchener was the third child of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Horatio Kitchen