Ancient History Travels

¿Te imaginas poder viajar en el tiempo a la época y lugar que tú elijas? Eso es lo que le ocurre a Manuel en Historias de la Historia. La Antigua Roma, Egipto, la Edad Media o la Alemania nazi son algunos de los destinos que nuestro protagonista decide visitar en pos de desmentir a los defensores de la historia «oficial».

¿Te imaginas poder viajar en el tiempo a la época y lugar que tú elijas? Eso es lo que le ocurre a Manuel en Historias de la Historia. La Antigua Roma, Egipto, la Edad Media o la Alemania nazi son algunos de los destinos que nuestro protagonista decide visitar en pos de desmentir a los defensores de la historia «oficial». ¿Sabías que para evitar la ejecución de Agnodice, la primera mujer de la historia en practicar la ginecología, tuvo lugar una de las primeras huelgas de sexo en la Antigua Grecia?

When a group of sixth graders visits the Chaldean Museum, they discover more than just ancient artifacts. As they wander through the vibrant Ancient Mesopotamia Gallery, mosaic lions roar to life, cuneiform tablets whisper secrets, and the towering Code of Hammurabi seems to hold a mysterious power. With each step, history awakens, and the stories of powerful rulers and incredible inventions spark their imaginations like never before.

He’s ready to learn about history. Where can this curious canine go before the clock strikes bedtime? Arthur the fearless dog is ready to take a bite out of the past. He’s got his paws on a time machine, and now there’s no when, where, or why he can’t go. But spending all this energy pouncing around a tiring timeline might prove tricky for Arthur to get back to his beloved doghouse! As he visits dinosaurs in the Jurassic Period and goes sightseeing in Ancient Greece, Arthur is panting with excitement for more.

This book will take you to an unexpected destination through the mystical and out-of-body experiences of Marilynn Hughes. In the religious history of humanity, there lies a thread of visitations that have come from otherworldly visitors. Some of them are distinctively extraterrestrial, and others only by implication. What was their purpose? What were they trying to infuse into the human experience? What type of acceleration did they hope to bring to the spiritual potential within humanity itself?

It started with a boy, of course. Seeking solace from the pain of heartbreak and her father's illness, Laura Coffey embarks on what was meant to be a simple holiday. But her newfound fascination with ancient Greek myths transforms her trip into a six-month odyssey, around tiny archipelagos and mystical Mediterranean islands thought to be the setting of Odysseus's epic journey. As she chases one of the most conflicted, flawed and yet beloved heroes through his fantastical sea-kingdoms, looking for the places where geography and mythology collide, she discovers the wild beauty of the islands.

A visit to the Palace of Knossos in Crete in 2005 leads to the story of the fabled Ring of Minos, lost for 2,000 years but rediscovered in the 1930s, now in the local museum of Herakleon. The author joins the tour of the ancient Minoan palace and adds historical reference to this detailed study of a great and vanished culture.