Since the 16th century, the phenomenon of Barbary piracy it had become endemic, especially due to the financing and support provided by the Ottoman Empire, multiplying the assaults that were carried out from the coastal places such as Algiers against the populations of the kingdom of Granada. To fig
A study carried out in 2016 by the North American foundations Glen Dash Research and Ancient Egypt Research Associates found that the base of the famous Great Pyramid of Giza is not a perfect square . Due to a measurement error made by its builders more than 4,500 years ago, its western side is long
Bringing together the contributions of seventy-one world specialists, it is a global vision of the history of civilizations made possible by the most recent developments in archeology that this major work offers. A History of Civilizations, or how archeology is changing our knowledge. “This book
Sacrificial rituals featuring the removal of the human heart were a pervasive religious practice in pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican societies. Two researchers have looked into how they could have taken place. Acts of power and intimidation as much as displays of devotion to appease the gods. Sacrificial