In the middle of last March, the news about the graffiti in the Naveta des Tudons flooded the digital newspapers of our country. To the astonishment of all lovers of history and archeology, this construction, erected by the inhabitants of the Talayotic Culture, woke up with dozens of graffiti on its
Undoubtedly the knowledge of the alleged first indigenous culture of the Iberian Peninsula, that is, tartessos, continues to be today one of the biggest headaches for historians and archaeologists. It is true that there is no official position on the subject, but today it is taken for granted that w
We are heading to Los Millares in the province of Almería , one of the most important archaeological sites in Europe, among those that emerged in the so-called European Chalcolithic, that is, the beginning of the Metal Age. Not only to get to know him a little better, but to try to show how a new hi
It is not the first time, and I fear not It will be the last one, which we address in Walking through History the theme of Tartessian culture. This time from a point of curiosity at the multiple interpretations that have been given to the warrior steles found in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsul
The visitor who arrives in present-day Cantabria, soon You will realize that you are stepping on one of the territories where our ancestors left a greater record of their status as artists. Hundreds of caves are dotted with the richest prehistoric paintings, and ten of them have been considered Worl
As the final stage of prehistory is known, that we can consider in many cases protohistory, is directly related to the use of metals. Hence, since the 19th century, its temporal divisions mainly serve a greater use of some, compared to others. In such a way that three main periods are known, the Cop
It is difficult to pinpoint the moment in which humans decided to say goodbye to their ancestors. According to Professor Juan Luis Arsuaga, the Homo Heidelbergesis that inhabited the Burgos prairies 400,000 years ago already had this ability to show their feelings in the face of the loss of a known
How could it be, that those hominids who dominated Middle Paleolithic Europe, were they not able to continue living after the arrival of Homo Sapiens? This was the big question that fluttered any congress, or meeting between prehistorians and anthropologists for many years, today it has practically
We moved to the Pontic steppes, located between the Black and Caspian seas to see the remains of the ancient Scythian culture. Its origin, like most of these nomadic peoples, is really uncertain, some sources point to the 10th century BC. C., when they arrive in that area fleeing after some defeat b
In November 2013 we announced that we had reached 3,000 subscribers in this page. Today, four months later, the Blog of Spill Magisterial has exceeded that amount by more than 100%. As of now we just passed six thousand subscribers (6,027 to be exact), who weekly receive a Free Electronic Bulletin,
Saul, a Roman citizen born in the Mediterranean city of Tarsus (present-day Turkey), dedicated himself to persecuting Christians during his early youth but was converted to Christianity, according to the Bible, by the risen Jesus himself. This story, fantastic for non-believers and part of the doctr
In our country, the issue of public education is in permanent crisis and debate, due to the low achievement rates that result from the comparison with educational systems in other latitudes. However, serious internal studies have determined that in various aspects, public education offers better per
Like every March 8, this Saturday the world celebrates International Womens Day , a date on which it is necessary to call for reflection regarding all those women who suffer from extreme poverty, physical and psychological abuse, discrimination and sexual abuse, among other execrable practices of a
Yehude -word that means “Jewish” in the Hebrew language- is synonymous, for us in Peru, with a well-known congressman, former Prime Minister and former Regional President of Lambayeque. However, there is a character in the history of music, a world-class violin teacher, who was baptized with this an
The Theory of Relativity, one of the most important scientific advances of the 20th century, catapulted a gangly man of science born in Germany 135 years ago to immortality. Albert Einstein , become an icon of world scientific intelligence, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 and years later,
A fundamental character in the history of Peru was born on a day like today, 276 years ago. This is José Gabriel Condorcanqui, who after developing a fortune as a merchant and curaca, became the indigenous revolutionary who most affected the conquerors at the end of the 18th century. His historical
The tenderness of their smiles and clean looks are undeniable. In these times of human disconnection, absolute insensitivity that is expressed from subtle reactions to horrendous crimes and a sick propensity of the media to overvalue negative and vulgar aspects of people considered normal, those hum
Few cases like Jules Verne they fit into the concept of fortune teller, which today many charlatans appropriate to validate their delusions and deceptions. The French writer, whose imagination made him the foremost maker of fantastic stories that have been enjoyed by generations of children and adul
Talk about Paulo Freire is to talk about one of the most recognized educators worldwide. This Brazilian philosopher and intellectual has become, over the years, a benchmark for modern education that does not lose sight of the importance and value of the human being, above utilitarian considerations
In recent weeks, these strange names have been present in practically every news and newspaper in the world. When the generation that today borders on forty years of life, in Universal History classes and books we were told about the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) but after the emergence
The writers and philosophers of the Enlightenment were the first to defend the principle of freedom of expression, but it was during the French Revolution that it was affirmed in article 11 of the Declaration of the rights of the man and the citizen :every citizen can speak, write, print freely. Aft
European nations had for centuries a feeling of mutual envy and suspicion. Spain and France, France and England, Germany and the countries of Eastern Europe and the smaller countries adjoining them were all rivals. During the First World War, all the nations had to pay its price in the form of a hug
In Tultepec, the trap discovered by archaeologists contained the remains of 14 mammoths. • AFP A mammoth trap in Mexico! It must have required a certain logistics which obviously worked, since researchers unearthed 800 bones there belonging to 14 of these giant animals. It is, according to them,
Assyria was an ancient country north of the region called Mesopotamia, whose conquests extended to the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers during the period 1368 BC. until 600 BC. Assyrian Civilization