La Conquista del Peru

Este libro propone al lector una nueva mirada a la historia de España desde la caricatura política, su iconografía y sus símbolos. Con el fin de visualizar nuestra historia contemporánea, junto al uso de diversas fuentes escritas, ofrece más de 300 imágenes originales, muchas de ellas inéditas o de muy difícil acceso al lector. Esta rica cultura visual, testimonio vivo del reinado de Isabel II, la revolución de 1868 o la I República (1873), se difundió por numerosas vías, desde las publicaciones periódicas, aleluyas, fotomontajes, naipes… hasta las etiquetas de cajas de...

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,...

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Esta Cronolog a iberoamericana recoge los principales acontecimientos hist ricos, pol ticos, econ micos, sociales y culturales de cada uno de los pa ses iberoamericanos, as como los hechos m s relevantes en t rminos del trabajo regional com n; conferencias regionales, creaci n de organizaciones y foros diversos.