Albinoni’s Adagio was composed by the Italian musicologist Remo ...
WEBFeb 24, 2019 · Surely this is surprising because, after all, the famous Adagio in G minor is not only one of the best-known pieces of classical music but also one of the most popular among music lovers with a closely linked name of title and author: “Albinoni’s Adagio”. It is ironic, therefore, that in reality the work is not by that baroque composer but by a biographer of him who lived two centuries ...
The enigmatic 512 Manuscript describing an ancient …
WEBNov 11, 2019 · The enigmatic 512 Manuscript describing an ancient Mediterranean civilization in pre-Hispanic Brazil. Like a Lovecraft tale, the Rare Works section of the National Library of Brazil jealously guards a strange ten-page document baptized with the suggestive name of Manuscript 512. It narrates an …
Electrum, the natural gold and silver alloy used to mint the first ...
WEBMay 20, 2020 · Electrum, we said, is composed of gold and silver; it has a proportion of four parts of the first and one of the second, but there are also traces of other metals such as platinum or, above all, copper. This is because it is not an artificial alloy but a natural one, although it can also be manufactured, in which case the composition ...
Eduard Bloch, the Jewish doctor whom Hitler helped to leave …
WEBApr 3, 2020 · Its author, as can be deduced, was one of the Führer’s doctors, but what is really curious is that he was Jewish and the Führer himself helped him to leave Germany. Eduard Bloch was born on 30 January 1872 in the Bohemian town of Frauenberg, now called Hluboká nad Vltavou and belonging to the Czech Republic but then to …
Lapulapu, the Filipino chief turned national hero who killed Magellan
WEBOct 6, 2022 · Lapulapu, the Filipino chief turned national hero who killed Magellan. by Jorge Álvarez October 6, 2022. The death of Magellan/Image: Nmcast on Wikimedia Commons. On August 10, 1519 began the expedition that circumnavigated the globe for the first time. We all know the names of several of its protagonists: Magellan, Elcano, Pigafetta, Charles ...
When Cicero found Archimedes’ tomb in Syracuse.
WEBMar 19, 2019 · During the works a tomb was found, which can still be seen in one of the courtyards of the hotel. Some experts believe that this is the tomb of Archimedes, while others are inclined to assign it to Agathocles, tyrant of Syracuse between 317 and 289 BC. There is no trace of the column, the sphere and the cylinder.
How Sumerians named substitute kings during eclipses and the …
WEBSep 23, 2020 · This article was first published on our Spanish Edition on May 18, 2019. Puedes leer la versión en español en Cómo los sumerios nombraban reyes sustitutos durante los eclipses y la costumbre pervivía incluso en tiempos de Alejandro. Sources. The Concept and Reality of the Substitute King in Mesopotamia and Iran en Aspects of History and Epic in Ancient Iran (M. Rahim Shayegan, Universidad ...
La Brújula Verde – Magazine Cultural Independiente
WEBUna misión arqueológica egipcia, dirigida por el Dr. Ahmed Said El-Kharadly del Consejo Supremo de Antigüedades, ha descubierto una serie de unidades arquitectónicas de ladrillo de adobe, que incluyen cuarteles militares para soldados y habitaciones de almacenamiento de armas, alimentos y provisiones de la era del Imperio Nuevo. Estos ...
History & Culture - LBV Magazine English Edition
WEBAn ancient prehistoric bridge submerged in a cave in Mallorca reveals that humans arrived there 1,000 years earlier than previously thought. A recent study led by an interdisciplinary team of researchers…. Bronze Age Archaeology.
More than 200 people live in Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, the …
WEBMay 21, 2020 · Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, 1350 miles from any other inhabited place, is home to 246 people residing in Tristan da Cunha Island. The island, known for its isolation, lacks common diseases, has a communal land system, and is accessed by a monthly supply boat from Cape Town.