Silvestre III (Giovanni dei Crescenzi Ottaviani, Rome, around 1000 - Sabina, around 1063) was Pope No. 146 of the Catholic Church in 1045 and declared antipope a few months later by Benedict IX. Supported by the Crescencios, he snatched the papal tiara to Benedict IX on January 20, 1045, but he, supported by the counts of Túsculo, deposed Silvestre on March 10 of that year, thus recovering the papacy.
A group of scientists from the Institute of Marine Sciences and Limnology (ICML) of the UNAM, led by Francisco Alonso Solís Marín, found remains of sea cucumbers in an offering of the Mexican goddess Tlaltecuhtli, in the Templo Mayor, in the City of Mexico: Together with the Mexican archaeologist Leonardo López Luján, director of the Templo Mayor Archaeological Project, experts had already found in 2011 remains of echinoderms (marine invertebrates that have spines on the skin), and now they discovered the spicules that formed the internal skeleton of a sea cucumber.
It has been repeatedly said that "Don Quixote de la Mancha", better known as "Don Quixote" was written as a satire on chivalric books. The author, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, says in the prologue that the work is "an invective against chivalric books ”, conceived with the purpose of parodying their nonsense and undoing“ the authority and place they have in the world ”.
A team of researchers has discovered in Australia the first fossil evidence of a dinosaur species with an unusually long neck, the elafrosaur, which went from being a predator to having a herbivorous diet when it reached adulthood, according to a recent study published in the Gondwana Research magazine.
Despite the infamy of the transatlantic slave trade, scientific research has yet to fully explore the history of the African slaves brought to Central and South America. Now, new research, published in the journal Current Biology, tells the story of three African slaves from the 16th century.
The Pueblo of Taos is an Indian settlement in northern New Mexico consisting of buildings, ceremonial facilities, and multi-story adobe dwellings built on staggered levels, which together exemplify the culture of the Pueblo people from their origins. it is part of a series of settlements established between the end of the 13th century and the beginning of the 14th century in the valleys of the Rio Grande and its tributaries, which have survived to the present day.
Archaeologists from the INAH of Mexico located vestiges of a shipwreck more than 200 years ago in the waters of the southeastern state of Quintana Roo, sources from the institution reported this week. An expert from the INAH explained that the remains correspond to an English sailboat from the end of the century XVIII or early XIX, due to the characteristics of the finds, such as an anchor, a cannon and iron ingots used as ballast (to achieve the stability of the ship).
The captivating series The Children of the Earth by Jean M. In 'The plains of transit', the fourth installment after 'The cave bear clan', 'The valley of the horses' and 'The mammoth hunters', we continue with the Ayla's Adventures. In a brilliant novel as authentic and entertaining as the previous ones, Auel takes us back to the early days of humanity and the captivating adventures of the brave woman named Ayla.
Zeus, the last of the children of Cronos and Rhea, was raised secretly in Crete so that his father would not devour him as he had done with the other children. Biography of Zeus There the Nymphs cared for him and the goat Amalthea suckled him, according to late versions that we find In some sources, as an adult, he made Cronos vomit his brothers, as a result of which the battle between the children of Cronos and those of Uranus (the Titans), known as the Titanomachy, began.
Leto (Latona for the Romans) was the daughter of the Titan Ceo and the Titan Phoebe, and with Zeus she conceived Apollo and Artemis, a victim of Hera's jealousy, by order of this no land welcomed her for the birth, until at last The rocky and barren island of Delos did it, a floating island that Poseidon fixed to the seabed and created around it a dome of water that kept it hidden.
Hades, for the Romans Pluto, was the son of Rhea and Cronos, and was the God of Darkness, of the Subterranean Regions, of the Unconscious, who lived in Hades, the Greek underworld. He participated in the fight against the Titans, armed with a helmet that made him invisible that the Cyclopes gave him.
Asclepius, Aesculapius in Roman mythology, was the son of Apollo and Coronea and is considered the god of medicine and healing in Greek mythology. He is depicted with a serpent coiled on a staff, pinecones, laurel wreaths, a goat or a dog, although the snake is the most frequent, being an animal that, according to the ancients, lived both on the earth and inside it.
A genetic study carried out by scientists from Israel has confirmed the existence of the ancient kingdom of Canaan, mentioned in the Bible. It would be a coherent demographic community outlined in a territory larger than the current Hebrew state, plus the West Bank (Palestine) and which also includes regions of Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.
Thursday, November 26, 2020 The goddess Hebe was the daughter of Zeus and Hera. Because she was eternally young, she represented the maiden in charge of domestic chores. She scavenged the nectar from the gods, work in which she was replaced by Ganymede. She married Heracles when he was admitted among the deities. from Borobudur is located 42 kilometers from the city of Yogyakarta, isolated on a beautiful plain, in Indonesia, being a.
Do you know aerosolgraphy? Surely more than once you have been totally immersed in seeing artists painting with aerosols and creating real works of art in minutes. That technique is aerosolgraphy and now you can learn it in this course from the hand of teacher Gerardo Amor through complete video tutorials that include from the most basic skills to those more advanced, so that when you finish you can fully master this art.
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Throughout the year and especially during exam time, we usually make use of a large number of notes, texts and summaries that, although we do or find them on our computer, on many occasions it is necessary to have them printed to be able to work better on them , underline, make additional notes and have them with us to review at any time.
A group of researchers from various US universities have found evidence of the first uses of corn as the main source of food among Mesoamerican societies, according to research published this Wednesday in Science Advances. The group of scientists analyzed archaeological evidence found in ancient settlements humans in Central America to determine how people adapted over time to new and changing environments, and how those changes led them to move from hunter-gatherer to farmer societies.
Norwegian explorer and ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl, who traveled some 8,000 km across the Pacific Ocean in 1947 aboard a craft raft on the Kon-Tiki expedition, suggested that the prehistoric populations of South America played an important role in the settlement of the East. of Polynesia and particularly on Easter Island.
More than 2,200 pieces of jade and various ceramic figures were found in the largest tomb. A team of archaeologists recently found 27 tombs and hundreds of objects over 2,000 years old while excavating at the starting point of the Route. of Silk in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, local media report.
