‘Operation Valdecañas’: the reservoir that hid a gigantic archaeological treasure in danger
In 2019, a very severe drought reduced the level of Extremadura reservoirs to levels rarely known. The volume of water ...
Tag: middle Ages
An Andalusian astrolabe discovered that was used by Muslims, Jews and Christians
They didn't know what they had. The caretakers of a family museum in Verona (Italy) believed that the strange object ...
Joan of Arc as she has never been seen: ugly, corpulent, victim of her father's abuse, lethal warrior and empowered woman of action
Joan of Arc, the historical French heroine burned for heresy at the stake in Rouen in 1431 (she was burned ...
Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, the medievalist who explained the dramatic nature of human passions, dies
French historian Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie poses on February 25, 2014 in Paris.Ulf Andersen (Getty Images)Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (Les ...
Exhibition in Lübeck: Always a dirty business
WBoar shuttles seem to be flying, the slender wooden parts of the looms clack lightly. Thread to thread quickly joins ...
The cradle of Judas and the most painful and cruel torture methods in history
History has shown us that the human mind is a powerful and privileged tool, since it has no limits. The ...
Archaeology: Flourishing trade in Greenland’s ivory
Wbold Icelanders settled on Greenland's west coast at the end of the tenth century. However, they were never completely self-sufficient ...
