However, for Julius Caesar he was not all rosy:he was balding, which caused him a lot of anxiety, and he tried to hide it with a “curtain” and the use of the civic crown. It seems that he also had epilepsy, which affected his health. He wasnt young and he knew it. His rise had not been easy. He had
To those people who have traveled to the countries where the deposits are located and who are carrying out their work a long way from home. To the teams that have seen their campaign plans truncated for the obvious reason that concerns us all #yomequedoencasa. To all the people who are involved in t
There is still a trend, especially evident in the culture popular, of presenting Viking societies as pseudo-primitive constellations that gradually became civilized through contact with the Christian world. Traditional discourse holds that the Vikings began to discover different parts of Europe as t
The game exercised a constant fascination between Romans of any social class . It was very popular with the rich, and many of them played at night under the austere gaze of the statues of their ancestors. Immense fortunes were won or lost while the slaves lay frozen and forgotten, or so the satirist
Chance, and my experience in Roman military recreation , made César Solar, manager of the All 4 Action company, offer me in August 2015 to work as a historical consultant for the filming of a skirmish between legionnaires and a group of Jewish rebels. Although I didnt know it then, it was the openin
When Herodotus , in the 5th century BC. C., he undertook the task of describing Egypt in the Histories of him , a certain topic in particular fascinated him, and so he stopped to write a long, detailed and explicit study on the different types of mummification and its techniques (II.85-90). Beyo
When I was a kid, together with José Luis – my inseparable friend from the E.G.B.–, every Saturday we went to the public library. We got hold of that great volume with green covers and golden capital letters –Ancient Egypt – and we resumed our secret project:writing a book about archaeologists, wear
Few gemstones have enjoyed as much popularity as the emerald, valued around the world. But one of the scientific challenges is to know which were the first mines in which their exploitation began. The scientific community has evidence that indicates that Upper Egypt it was the cradle of this activit
In it the Hittite and Egyptian armies clashed and , although the result of the battle was uncertain (none managed to impose forcefully on his opponent), its results were not so:the pharaoh had to abandon all pretense over the Syrian territory -which his predecessors in office had indeed dominated- r
Ancient Egypt It provided more than 3,000 years of splendor from a civilization that has left an immense legacy and has fascinated travelers and scientists alike. This interest still continues and Spain has a long tradition of teams that carry out archaeological missions around the Nile Valley settl
Authentic barbarities have been said about prostitution, and there are many topics around it. The most recurrent is the one that says that it is the oldest profession in the world (as if that conferred some kind of prestige and by the way excused those who pay for the service), but it is well known
What is celebrated and what does the Romanity Day celebration consist of? How did the idea come about and who are the creators of this celebration? With so many commemorations on the calendar, how come no one had thought of this? Why the date September 4? What can Romanity Day bring to o
The presentation of the interventions will be carried out by Dr. Victor M. Fernández (Complutense University of Madrid), director of the archaeological project of the Jesuit missions in Ethiopia during 2006-2014. Also present will be Mr. Wenceslao Soto Artuñedo, S.J., director of the Spanish Archive
In 2015 the remains of the San José galleon were found , near the coast of Cartagena de Indias, which, according to chroniclers of the time, was loaded with eleven million strong pesos. Since the discovery, a conflict has arisen between the Colombian government, which considers the discovery to be C
We find the term Grand Tour for the first time in a guide by Richard Lassels, from the year 1670, referring to the great journey made by young British aristocrats between the 16th and 18th centuries. This fact constituted a new way of traveling quite similar to what we know today as tourism. The mo
Around 850 a. C. a young Theban named Tanetamón left her city to move to Heracleópolis Magna , in Middle Egypt. She was the daughter of the first prophet of Amun Esmendes, the highest religious, political and military authority who controlled all of Upper Egypt at the beginning of the XXII dynasty
On the Roman world map at the turn of the century IV d. C. ORBIS ROMANVM – MCXXXI AB VRBE CONDITA based on the famous Tabula Peutingeriana that we are giving away on the occasion of the 50th issue of Desperta Ferro Antigua y Medieval:Adrianópolis , we find, among many other data, some references to
Ancient and Medieval Wake Up Ferro It is already reaching its fifty number, fifty numbers and eight years of adventure, of running along the paths of our past, now narrow like mountain trails, now wide avenues like the Via Appia when it approaches Rome. This is a journey in which we draw the map as
According to D. Antonio Gallardo Ballart, president of the Palarq Foundation , the winning project illuminates the myth of Tartessos, translating it into reality and bringing the results of cutting-edge archaeological research closer to society. The distinguished research of Constructing Tartessus ,
Our archaeological journey to Caliphate Cordoba will begin, with our Archeology and History No. 22:Al-Andalus Umayyad , crossing the walls west of the city along Cairuán street , walls that reuse Roman and Visigoth elements. We will reach the current Almodóvar gate , mostly rebuilt in Christian tim
Two researchers would have succeeded in unraveling the mystery of one of the last two unpublished manuscripts of Qumran. This would be a unique calendar used by the Essenes. One of the fragments of the manuscript from the caves of Qumran recently decoded at the University of Haifa (Israel). These
Classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the medieval city of Carcassonne is a remarkable and unique example of a fortified city, with its castle, its towers and its long and powerful ramparts. The city has been the subject of exceptional restoration campaigns since the 19th century, mainly led b
Magicians, sorcerers... In these days of Halloween, a legacy of ancient pagan festivals, what do we know about witches, these creatures that appeared in the Middle Ages and were persecuted for centuries? Meeting with Maxime Perbellini. Witches Flying to a Sabbath (19th century engraving). Before be
Archaeologists from the Stockholm University Archaeological Research Laboratory have located a unique shipyard from the Viking Age at the Birka site on the island of Björkö in Lake Mälaren. The discovery calls into question previous theories about how maritime activities were organized in the Viking