In early 1815, Napoleon has just returned from his forced exile on the island of Elba. The guy lands in France, takes power again as...
In Mesopotamia, in the region between the Tigris and the Euphrates, clay was an abundant and easily accessible raw material. The regular floods and inundations...
Vikings often chose runes because they were easy to carve on different materials, such as wood, bone, or stone. Their simple shapes made of straight...
During the Renaissance, artists rediscovered ancient realism and greatly pushed their limits. They began to use linear perspective, which finally allowed paintings to have true...
Each hieroglyph can have multiple meanings depending on its context. For example, the sun symbol can refer to the sun itself, the solar god Ra, or an...
The volcanic ashes from Vesuvius were made up of tiny fragments of volcanic rocks and volcanic glass, initially very light but quickly accumulating to form...
The Brazilian carnival has its origins in the blend of festive European traditions brought by the Portuguese colonizers and the cultural expressions of Indigenous and...
Some hand gestures derive their meaning directly from religious or historical rites. For example, the gesture of the raised hand, palm open, was an ancient...
When Rome collapsed, there was no longer a central power to hold the entire territory together. As a result, a multitude of small kingdoms and...
The Etruscans were very fortunate when it came to raw materials: their region, roughly present-day Tuscany, was rich in high-quality clay, easily extracted and ideal...
