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Seventeen Egyptologists and archaeologists probe the most compelling mysteries of ancient Egypt in this illustrated collection of 70 brief essays. Answers to age-old questions about Egyptian burial rituals, architecture, and royalty are provided, and recent discoveries are discussed—evidence that Tutankhamen was murdered, boats buried intact deep in the desert beside the tombs of the earliest kings, unexplained shafts inside the Great Pyramids aligned with the stars, and a massive mausoleum built for the many sons of Ramses II. The essays are supplemented with evocative photographs,...

Un libro imperdible para conocer la historia argentina. Félix Luna entrevista al historiador más importante que dio el país y uno de los más grandes de Latinoamérica.

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El autor ofrece con una prosa ágil un verdadero tratado sobre la usura en la Edad Media cristiana, demostrando desde una nueva perspectiva la vinculación entre los campos de la economía y la religión, verdaderos pilares sobre los que descansaban las estructuras de la época. El usurero, tan odiado como imprescindible, está asociado con uno de los siete pecados capitales: la codicia. Aun durmiendo, su dinero le hace más rico, manifestándose así como un ladrón de tiempo. El usurero está irremediablemente condenado al infierno. Sin embargo, en vísperas del auge de los grandes...