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Voynich's manuscript cannot be confirmed to have been deciphered

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Today a news item is going viral: "Scientist deciphers Voynich's manuscript", without a doubt, a "hit" as news, but has the famous manuscript really been deciphered? In an article published in Romance Studies, Gerard Cheshire, researcher Associate at the University of Bristol, states that the manuscript is "a compendium of information on herbal remedies, therapeutic bath and astrological readings" that focuses on female physical and mental health.

V International Congress of History, Art and Literature in Cinema in Spanish and Portuguese

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From the Center for Brazilian Studies and the University of Salamanca, and with the support of the Hispano-Brazilian Cultural Foundation and The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, they organize the V International Congress of History, Art and Literature in Cinema in Spanish and Portuguese - CIHALCEP2019.

England look for the double in Europe 35 years later

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British football has this season a historic opportunity to achieve a double in the two continental club competitions. Both in the Champions League and in the Europa League it presents candidates to be champions and specialized portals such as Betway football betting believe in this possibility.

100 years since the confirmation of Einstein's theory of relativity

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Solar eclipses occur every few years. But the one that occurred on May 29, 1919 is considered one of the culminating points of 20th century science. On that day and thanks to that phenomenon, the British astrophysicist Sir Arthur Eddington conducted the experiment that scientifically proved the theory of relativity Albert Einstein.

Greek President asks British Museum to return stolen Parthenon sculptures

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The President of Greece, Prokopios Pavlopoulos, asked the British Museum for “the return of the stolen Parthenon sculptures”, during his speech at Tsinghua University (China) last week. Pavlopoulos, in his speech at the headquarters of the Department of Classical and Modern Greek Studies of this university, made reference to the decision of the London museum to retain the Greek sculptures.

4,000 Roman coins found in Switzerland thanks to a mole

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More than 4,000 Roman coins were found in Ueken, in the Swiss canton of Aargau, in a very curious way: thanks to a mole that was digging the tunnels connected to its burrow. The mole was detected by a fruit tree producer, Alfred Loosli, who, while looking inside the burrow, saw small discs of rusted metal.

Short Biography of Astronomer Camille Flammarion

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Camille Flammarion was a French astronomer born in Montigny-le-Roi on February 26, 1842, and died in Juvisy-sur-Orge on June 3, 1925. He entered the Paris Observatory in 1858, in addition to working for four years at the Longitudes Office and, subsequently, he directed Cosmos. He founded the monthly magazine L'Astronomie (1882) and had a private observatory in Juvisy, near Paris.

Hasankeyf, the ancient city of Mesopotamia will disappear under water

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Hasankeyf, in southeastern Turkey, officially began to disappear. The Tigris valley where the archaeological site is located and 199 other villages will be submerged in the 10 billion cubic meters of water from the Ilsu dam. With the construction of this dam, not only one site with 12 will disappear.

The evolution of wine packaging in history

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Humans have been drinking wine for thousands of years. Recently, at a prehistoric site in Macedonia, they found a 6,000-year-old wine, which would be the oldest in Europe. The wine spread throughout the world through trade, religious missions and colonization. Knowing how wine was transported from one place to another by land and water requires reviewing more than 8.

Drought reveals 3,400-year-old building from Iraq's Mitanni kingdom

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Due to the drought on the Tigris River, a 3,400-year-old palace belonging to the kingdom of Mitanni was discovered a few days ago. This palace emerged from the waters of the Mosul Dam, due to the need to use the water reserves for mitigate the dramatic situation that the country is experiencing due to the lack of rain.

The musk deer ‘Hispanomeryx’ inhabited the Vallès-Penedès

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A team of scientists has found fossil remains of Hispanomeryx in the Catalan basin of Vallès-Penedès.On the one hand, they belong to a musk deer derived from the already known H. aragonensis and, on the other, to a new species that has been baptized as H. lacetanus, recalling the name that the Romans gave to the inhabitants of the Anoia area, the Lacetani or lacetans.

Risco Caído and the Sacred Mountain Areas in Gran Canaria were declared a World Heritage Site

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• The cavern of Gran Canaria captures the sun from equinox to equinox and offers an incredible account of the fertilization of the earth each dawn. • When the sun stops entering, the full moons enter to mark the passage of the months until the following spring • The Cabildo de Gran Canaria has promoted the candidacy of Risco Caído and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria, the only Spanish proposal to be inscribed in World Heritage today in Azerbaijan, and which has been declared as such.

Spanish mythology: supernatural creatures

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Despite the fact that myths have accompanied us since time immemorial, we must recognize that over the years they have been falling into ignorance, either because of the implausibility of their stories or because of their lack of practicality in modern times. , It is time for us to break a spear in favor of those fantastic stories and their supernatural creatures that fascinated us so much as children.

Brandycneme draculae dinosaur

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Bradycneme sheetTranslation: «heavy leg» Description: carnivore, bipedal Order: Saurischia Suborder: TheropodaInfraorder: TetanuraeMicroorder: Maniraptora (from the microorder Coelurosauria) Family: Troodontidae (not confirmed) Height: 2 metersLength: Crepodyne period Upper dinosaur Genus: Creporadyne Period Weight: Upper genus Crepodyne Period: found in Transylvania, Romania, although only its lower right leg has been found.

Who were the Anunnaki and what is their History?

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Before the great pantheon of the ancient Greek gods and Egyptian gods, there were the ancient Mesopotamian gods, inhabitants of the Middle East in modern Iraq and Iran, and in some texts of these civilizations the Anunnaki, also called Anunaki, Anunna or Ananaki, are mentioned. The Anunnaki served as the main gods for the ancient Sumerians, as well as for the Akkadians, Assyrians, and Babylonians, but descriptions of how many they were and what role they played are often contradictory.

Archaeologists excavate in Aquileia to continue uncovering the ancient Roman city

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A team of archaeologists from the University of Padua has started the summer excavations in Aquileia, in conjunction with other Italian universities.The aim of this excavation is to bring to light the remains of the ancient Roman city, and especially its Roman theater. and Images: University of Padua After studying History at the University and after many previous tests, Red Historia was born, a project that emerged as a means of dissemination where you can find the most important news of archeology, history and humanities, as well as articles of interest, curiosities and much more.

Aquilarhinus palimentus: a strange new species of 'duck-billed' dinosaur

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In the 1980s, Texas Tech University professor Tom Lehman was conducting research on rock layers at Rattle Snake Mountain and discovered badly deteriorated bones. With the help of other members of the university they collected them, but some were glued together, making it impossible to study them.

Germán Delibes and Ángel Ramos receive the "Evolution Awards" 2019 from the Atapuerca Foundation

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The Professor of Prehistory, Germán Delibes, together with Ángel Ramos, who was director of the Caja de Burgos Social and Cultural Work, received last week the "Evolution Awards" 2019 from the Atapuerca Foundation, by unanimous agreement of the Board in their session of November 30, 2018 The event was held before the members of the Atapuerca Research Team, coinciding with the excavation campaign, and was led by its co-directors Juan Luis Arsuaga, José María Bermúdez de Castro and Eudald Carbonell.

The path and soil emerge in the thermal baths of Via Terracina

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A section of one of the most important roads (Puteoli-Neapolim), which connected Pozzuoli, the commercial port of the Roman Empire, with Naples, is emerging in the excavations in Via Terracina. In fact, in Fuorigrotta, in Via Terracina, a few steps from the San Paolo stadium, the remains of the Roman thermal baths and a valuable mud floor of a small settlement with houses and shops around the buildings used for the spa.

The arrival of the game of roulette in the United States

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American roulette is one of the most popular roulette variants in the betting world, both online and traditional. Roulette to play online is represented one of the innovations presented by this old casino game that is always constantly updated to make it more attractive to players.