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Iconographic loans: from the goddess Isis to the Virgin Mary

The image of the Virgin Mary nursing a baby Jesus is a well-recognized depiction for practically everyone. We have seen it in churches, muse…

Throughout our lives, we have heard many times that "we are what we eat." Of course, this is true, and there is plenty of scientific evidenc…

Miguel de Cervantes already mentioned this in La Entretenida (1615), saying, "(...) I hope for a Potosí of bars and money," using the word "…

In the ancient city founded by the Greek god Bacchus (god of wine), Nabrissa, Antonio Martínez de Cala y Xarana, known as Antonio de Nebrija…

Human childbirth is a process that we know perfectly when it comes to our own species. We understand the different stages of development and…

Goizane Alonso Caño February 10, 2022

Reflection on the archaeological knowledge held by part of the population. Survey conducted among people over 54 years old. The discipline o…

The painter not only had a controversial and violent attitude toward society but also toward his own work. 1. Caravaggio and His Beginnings:…

Sofía Moreno Lozano December 16, 2021

When we hear the term "cannibalism," our minds are likely to evoke scenes from The Silence of the Lambs starring Anthony Hopkins, the accide…

Death is defined as a passage, a transition. The funeral ritual is a rite of passage between two opposing spaces, that of life and that of d…

Everything is being affected by Machine Learning (ML), from household appliances to vehicles, but what about archaeology?…

Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Diderot, D'Alembert… many thinkers come to mind when we think about the Enlightenment. In any history book …

Rafael Duro Garrido December 2, 2021