The story begins with a fortuitous meeting aboard a train from Surrey to London, possibly in the year 1854, without either of its two protagonists ever revealing the exact date. Both Joseph Prestwich and John Evans were businessmen, the former in the wine trade and the latter in papermaking. But th
One of the most legendary disasters of the Roman Empire occurred in AD 9, when three legions were massacred by a union of Germanic tribes at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. In 2016 a new discovery of coins reinforced the theory that the place where it was fought is the Kalkriese hill , in Lowe
Since the end of the 18th century, numerous travelers have left in writing mentions and brief descriptions of some curious dolmens scattered on both sides of the Caucasus mountain range, on its western slope, between Abkhazia and the Tamán peninsula. But it would not be until the end of the 19th ce
The project to renovate the Acropolis, the famous sacred rock of Athens listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is coming up against many critics, the Greek government being accused of damaging an invaluable heritage. Tourists visit the Parthenon on June 4, 2021 in Athens Main object of this ange