Inca history began around 1100, when several tribes descended from the mountains and settled in Cuzco. Between 1438 and 1532, they founded the largest empire of the pre-Hispanic period. According to legends, four brothers formed the Inca family. In search
Daria Saltikova, the “bloody countess” who tortured and killed over 100 women
Nicknamed the “bloody countess”, Daria Nikolaevna Saltikova was part of the Russian nobility of the eighteenth century. Although in society she seemed a balanced woman, Saltikova found great pleasure in tormenting and killing the servants who worked on her estate.
The Crusades
The Crusades were military campaigns of Catholic Christianity, with the aim of occupying Palestinian territories, with biblical places of worship, territories that had never belonged to any European country in the past. The following factors also contributed to the initiation
What was life like in the Roman brothels … the obscene paintings discovered at Pompeii.
Pompeii is one of the most important sites for archaeologists and historians researching the Roman Empire and its culture. Before the devastating eruption of Vesuvius in 79, Pompeii was a medium-sized city, with about 11,000 inhabitants. It was characterized by
Children of the Sun, a defunct civilization
South of Lake Titicaca, at a distance of 24 km, is the Tiahuanacu Temple. Although it was badly damaged due to earthquakes and human vandalism, the temple remains one of the most mysterious, and also full of legends. Recent interventions
Commodus, the gladiator emperor whose vanity destroyed Rome
Ancient Rome was full of picturesque figures. There are countless stories with Julius Caesar, Nero, Caligula, and with Emperor Commodus, who led Rome to ruin. Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus was born on August 31, 161, in the city today called
The Colosseum – the largest amphitheater of antiquity
The Roman Colosseum, also known as the Amphitheater of Flavius, after the name of the Flavian dynasty that contributed to its construction, starting with the Emperor Vespasian and ending with the Dominitian, never ceases to amaze and delight tourists visiting
Niagara Falls
Two twin cataracts, separated by an sland, flowed majestically over a foam curtain. Niagara, which means “thunder water” is the name that the Native Americans gave to the waterfall, which today constitutes a spectacular border between the United States and
Central Asia, the mysterious land of the shamans
Administratively speaking, in Central Asia are the former Soviet republics, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Chinese Turkestan, Mongolia and the northern region of Afghanistan, stretching from the Pamirs to the Siberian taiga and the Caspian Sea to in western China.
The Roman symbol of the supreme sacrifice: Breastfeeding of the father
Although it may seem strange and unacceptable, “breastfeeding the father” is a phenomenon that influenced the painting of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and is recognized as the deepest definition of the relationship between the daughter and the parents. The