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
10 things that marked the modern world
We are constantly changing, our main goal being development. Throughout the twentieth century and to the present, progress has gained considerable momentum, and humanity has witnessed events that have changed the world. Here is a list of 10 things that
The greatest mystery of the Inca Empire was its strange economy
In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the Inca Empire was the largest South America had ever known. Centered in Peru, it stretched across the Andes’ mountain tops and down to the shoreline, incorporating lands from today’s Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador,
Chichen Itza – one of the seven wonders of the contemporary world
Miracles of extinct or modern civilizations do not cease to amaze the world, to arouse controversy, to give rise to hypotheses about the origin and purpose for which they were created.One of these wonders is the Chichen Itza architectural complex
3 expedition teams that disappeared under mysterious conditions
In modern times, satellites and navigation devices make it easier to search any territory. In the past, however, any exploration expedition was conducted in the field of risk.Relying only on physical endurance and a few mapping tools, the explorers spent