3 de febrero de 2024
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h0lybasil-deactivated20230203: 2,500 year old Scythian comb, from the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Peine escita de hace 2500 años, del Museo Hermitage de San Petersburgo, Rusia. Ya hablamos sobre los escitas aquí. Continue reading
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La rebelión por los altos impuestos: Etienne Marcel y el Delfín de Francia, por Lucien Melingue. Continue reading
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memories-of-ancients: Etched and gilded ceremonial armor from Dresden, Germany, circa 1580 from The State Art Collection, Dresden Armadura ceremonial grabado y dorado de Dresde, Alemania, sobre 1580. De la Colección The State Art, Dresde. Aquí un post muy interesante sobre las Armaduras españolas del Siglo XVI que tuvieron una evolución propia. Continue reading
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memories-of-ancients: Head from the colossal statue of Constantine, Roman, 4th century AD from The Capitoline Museum, Rome Cabeza de la estatua colosal de Constantino, Roma, Siglo IV DC. De los Museos Capitolinos, Roma. Es genial leer y ver que una réplica de la estatua colosal ha sido instalada en los Museos Capitolinos: Su sitio original… Continue reading
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Cleopatra VII Philopator: Daughter of Ptolemy XII and perchance Cleopatra VI Tryphaena. She followed her father alongside her earlier brother and check, Ptolemy XIII, with whom she presently fell out. Their civil war was interrupted by the arrival in Egypt of Iulius Caesar who soon sided with Cleopatra and defeated her brothers rams in 47… Continue reading
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artifacts-archive: Hand Mirror Etruscan, 470-450 BCE Found in women’s graves, bronze mirrors were luxurious personal possessions used in life and then buried with the dead for use in the afterlife. One side was highly polished; the other side was usually engraved with a mythic scene, such as this one, which shows the goddess Eos carrying… Continue reading
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Pintores Españoles del Siglo XIX (2): Buenaventura Álvarez Sala. 1.- Hard to Port! 2.- Our Bread. Beginning in 1892, he was a frequent participant in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts. He received an honorable mention in 1895 for “In the Studio”. Two years later, he was awarded a Third Class prize for “¡Todo a… Continue reading
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Silos’s pharmacy. In the ancient Abbey of Saint Dominic of Silos, the old pharmacy has been preserved to these days. In old times, it had a botanic garden, a pharmaceutical laboratory, a very interesting library and hundreds of earthenware pots for potions and remedies. More information about the Abbey here (EN): The monastery dates back… Continue reading
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blackrainbowblade: False door from the tomb of Mehu. False doors are not actual doors; they are instead representations of doors, the function of which was to allow the spirit of the deceased to go in and out. They were a focal point for offerings. Puerta falsa de la tumba de Mehu. Las puertas falsas no… Continue reading
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The first pharmacies in what today is US were stablished on Feb 1st, 1770, by Spanish Governor of Louisiana Luis de Unzaga y Amézaga. Nicknamed “The Peacemaker”, he issued the first licenses to the New Orleans’ chapter of the time. He also aided US army in the Independence War of the Colonies: Unzaga was noted… Continue reading