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Teaching, delighting, and moving: The art of preaching

When we talk about preachers, it's easy for famous figures from the Anglo-Saxon and Protestant worlds to come to mind, as we are accustomed …

Rafael Duro Garrido September 26, 2022

In our last work on culinary history, we focused on the potato omelette. This time, we will discuss gazpacho, what it is, how and when it em…

While it is not at all criticizeable to document the main paradigms or the most famous sites in prehistory, there is often a sense that preh…

Agatha Christie is considered one of the most prolific authors in history. Everyone knows her novels. However, behind her writer persona lie…

Sofía Moreno Lozano September 12, 2022

The coin is more than just a piece of legal tender. It is also a propaganda tool that most political powers have used for centuries. It repr…

What we call heritage is the result of a series of cultural and subjective conventions. Objects or buildings that were barely valued in othe…

Marta Moreno Lopez August 29, 2022

Introduction During the Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, the conditioning of transit routes was necessary to facilitate the passage …

If we were to ask around, everyone would certainly recognize the name of Julius Caesar, one of the most famous figures in Roman history. The…

"The first man who dared to eat an oyster was brave" — Jonathan Swift Introduction: The cuisine as we know it would not be possible without…

The birds that inhabit the region known as the Maya area were the subject of numerous pictorial representations throughout the development o…

Summer arrives, along with the excavation campaign season. This is the case for the archaeological site of the Cova de les Teixoneres, part …

The Patriarch of the Western Monks, Saint Benedict of Nursia (480-547) (Figure 1), was the founder of one of the longest-lasting religious o…