On May 12, 1935, the coffin with Józef Piłsudskis body was laid to rest in the crypt of St. Leonard in Wawel. Up to a quarter of a million people took part in the funeral ceremonies that lasted several hours. However, it was not only in Krakow that the Marshal was bid farewell. What homage has the r
One of the most curious documents left to us by the Mesopotamians is the Sumerian Royal List . It contains a list of kings, classified by dynasties and cities, who supposedly ruled between the two rivers since archaic times. I have said supposedly because we could make three groups with these monarc
Japan has given great inventions to the world:the bullet train, sudoku, instant noodles, karaoke... The harakiri , a gruesome ritual by which the ancient samurai slashed their entrails to commit suicide, is another of those genuinely Japanese contributions to universal culture. Strictly speaking, gu
Although in the first third of the 19th century the European nobles were already exchanging their cutlery and crockery made of precious metals for those made of light aluminum, their price was still prohibitive for them to become popular. It would be necessary to wait until the end of the century, a