Northern Greece, a very beautiful place
The area that includes the North of Greece finds its extension from the blue waters of the Ionian Sea to the spectacular ...
History
The Greek flag
The flag of Greece has a simple design both in its layout and in its colors, blue and white, colors ...
Tragic legend of the Atrids
The descendants of Atreus are another example of a terrible destiny that haunts a family for several generations. But in…
The island of Evia
The island of Evia is located in front of Athens and in it there are several towns, but one of the cities ...
The Taino Village in Matanzas, a look into the past
The Taino Village is located in the Laguna del Tesoro in Ciénaga de Zapata, in the province of Matanzas. Today…
Propylaea from the Acropolis
Like most Greek enclosures, the central part of the Acropolis is entered through a construction ...
Saint Martin in London (II)
José de San Martín, one of the great liberators of America, lived four months in London, between September 1811 ...
Legends about the origins of the Greek people
The Greeks were ignorant of the history of their origins and used legends to explain them. The first man was son ...
The Palace of Nestor, the mythical king of the Odyssey
As I was saying in the port city of Pylos, so important to the history of the independence of Greece, we find ...
The Han Dynasty
Image xiafenfang 1959 Following the short period of the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty was divided into two periods, the ...
The Temple of Hephaestus
The Temple of Hephaestus is located on the western side of the Agora on the Acropolis, it was built in 449 BC….
The culture of the Mongols
Mongolia has 2.830.000 inhabitants, of which almost a third (960.000) live in the capital, Ulaanbaatar. In total, almost the ...
Greek Soccer
The history of football is very old in Greece, and Homer mentioned a ball game that was ...
Dionysian festivals
The Greeks made great parties when the harvest began and when it ended, asking and thanking the gods. Like Dionysus ...
Why is Cuba called Cuba?
Why is Cuba called like that? What is the origin of its name? Well, since the middle of the XNUMXth century ...
The Minoan Goddess of Snakes
Art embraces religion in these mythical pieces that are very attractive to those who see them, they come ...
The dress of the man of ancient Greece
The ancient Greek man's dress did not fit the body but was loose, usually it was a rectangle of ...
Puyi, the last emperor of China
I love Bertolucci's movie "The Last Emperor." It's a great film, the first film that featured the ...
A king without a crown, history of the Greek monarchy
Although today Greece is not a parliamentary monarchy as is the case in many European countries, it had a ...
Hornpipe, the sailor's dance
images This is a dance that originated in the early XNUMXth century. The story goes that they were the ...
Rouen. The legend of Joan of Arc.
Rouen, the capital of the Seine-Maritime, is located 112 km northwest of Paris, and like this…
Australian aborigines
Australia is a country-continent of 4.000 km and although it was considered from its discovery as an inhospitable land ...
Gunpowder, a Chinese invention
It is true that Chinese civilization has been the maker of many important inventions for all Humanity. Always has…
Photos of the Palace of Versailles
The Palace of Versailles is one of the most important and beautiful in the world and in history, not only ...
The Olympian Gods, little guide
As I mentioned before, Greece is the owner of history everywhere, it is the owner of one of the oldest civilizations ...
Tomb of Philip II of Macedon, a true treasure of antiquity
Philip II was a young Macedonian king who was born in the capital city of Pella, reigned there among the ...
Chinese folk music
Chinese folk music has a long history and tradition. In the primitive tribal society of 4000-5000 years ago, ...
Greek music: harmony and Mediterranean rhythms
From the ancient Greeks from whom we take the word music, they called it Mousike after the nine muses, goddesses of ...
Shield, flag and kangaroos
The flag of Australia is better known than its shield. It is composed of a blue background, with the ...