Expeditions of Christopher Columbus Columbus’s expedition took place between 1493-1496. News of the discovery of new lands and samples brought by Columbus after his first trip west, created a state of general enthusiasm, based on the hope of finding gold more and more. New fleet consisted of 17 vessels and 1,700 different jobs oamenide. Besides [...]
Greek philosopher Plato was first told about the mysterious continent of Atlantis. In two of his dialogues he says the following: Atlantis was an island larger than Libya and Asia put together and they are beyond the columns of Hercules (Gibraltar perhaps). With six thousand years before Solon (640-558 i.Hr), Atlantis was a powerful kingdom [...]
Google has launched in collaboration with UNESCO, the World Monuments Fund, Getty Images and Ourplace an initiative entitled “World Wonders Project”, which allows anyone with Internet access to explore 132 of the most important historical monuments in the world. With StreetView function, users can visit “virtually” a series of sites of special historical significance, among [...]
Information about the life of William Shakespeare is often open to doubt. Some even doubt whether he wrote all plays ascribed to him. From the best available sources it seems William Shakespeare was born in Stratford on about April 23rd 1564. His father William was a successful local businessman and his mother Mary was the [...]
The region – which includes Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea and islands near it – the last six decades were the hottest during the last thousand years, and this can not be explained by natural causes, says a report the researchers from the University of Melbourne. In the first major study [...]
A group of Chinese explorers and scientists seek international support to organize an expedition which will explore the mountains of Hubei province, in search of a mysterious humanoid creatures, called by locals Yeren – “wild man”. Over time, over 400 people said they saw the creature, describing it as a kind of “man-ape” over 2 [...]
With a height of about 74 meters and a floor area over 5,000 square feet, unique shaped teapot museum in Meitan is the largest building in the world with such a look. Meitan Chinese district is known as “hometown of green tea”, tea and reputation here transcend national borders, so there is no better place [...]
Officials in New Mexico, U.S., recently announced that one of the cities of south-east of you is part of a scientific project worth one billion dollars, becoming “ghost town” which will be tested several recent inventions and innovations such as traffic systems, renewable energy installations or next generation wireless networks. Not far from the border [...]
Explicit representations of grandeur, power and influence enjoyed by the political leaders, military and religious, the seven great wonders of the world fascinated by the grandeur of their hearts. They were raised in a eternal thirst of mortals who dared to put bet with time and obstacles to defy nature. Such people, few in number, [...]
Greek archaeologists have discovered gold jewelery, weapons and ancient ship buried in a cemetery near the ancient archaeological site of Pella in northern Greece, birthplace of Alexander the Great. Excavations at Pella revealed no less than 43 tombs dating back to 650-279 BC. Among the most important finds are the graves of 20 warriors dating [...]