La profecia de Orion

Vikingos. Entre la historia y la leyenda, es un volúmen fácil que, fuentes en mano, contribuye a desmontar falsos mitos y leyendas sobre los vikingos.

This book is a Spanish translation of the proceedings of a conference held in 1986. Archaeologists and conservators from around the world met in Mexico City to examine the unique problems associated with in situ archaeological conservation. The papers presented focus on a wide variety of materials (including adobe, wood, ceramics, textiles, painting, skin, and bone) and sites as diverse as Algeria and the Arctic. Of special note are case studies of three spectacular sites in Mexico: Teotihuacan, Tenochtitlan, and Cacaxtla.

With its 27 contributions, this volume presents most of the papers delivered at the "XVe Colloque du Comite International de Paleographie". The conference's focus was regional and supra-regional influences on the development of Latin script from late antiquity and the early medieval period to the beginning of modern times. The geographic area considered in the articles spans the Iberian Peninsula and Central Europe to Iceland. In their contributions, the authors have attempted to show the impact that not only local conditions but also European cultural and intellectual centres had on the...

La sorpresiva llegada a Maldonado de un barco francés transportando armas y a un misterioso mensajero de Napoleón, provocaría una increíble tormenta política en el Río de la Plata. A partir de ese momento se desataron sorprendentes intrigas, conspiraciones y golpes de estado en una frenética carrera para alcanzar el poder, la fama y el dinero. Una cruda historia que gira en torno a la instalación de la primera Junta de Montevideo y a la Revolución de Mayo, verdadero régimen robesperiano porteño. Basado en documentos de la época, el autor deja al descubierto la falsa afirmación...