When writing was still inscribed on clay tablets and empires rose and fell under the weight of their own gods, the Assyrians left behind a testimony of their royal lineage that has endured to this day ...

In the Rhodope Mountains in southeastern Bulgaria, there is a place that seems taken from a legend—the ruins of the ancient city of Perperikon, carved directly into the rock. It is a place dominated ...

In the year 968, Bishop Liutprand of Cremona embarked on a journey to Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, on behalf of Emperor Otto I of the Holy Roman Empire. His mission was to ...

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In the year 968, Bishop Liutprand of Cremona embarked on a journey to Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, on behalf of Emperor Otto I of the Holy Roman Empire. His mission was to ...

Between Mars and Jupiter, in the asteroid belt, orbits a small rocky world with a unique connection to literature: asteroid ...

Ciencia, Naturaleza Gympie-Gympie, la planta que se defiende clavándote agujas que provocan un dolor que puede durar años ...

En los Montes Ródopes al sureste de Bulgaria hay un lugar que parece sacado de una leyenda, las ruinas de la antigua ciudad de Perperikon esculpidas directamente en la roca. Se trata de un lugar ...

Cuando la escritura aún se grababa en tablillas de barro y los imperios se alzaban y caían bajo el peso de sus propios dioses, los asirios dejaron un testimonio de su linaje real que ha perdurado ...