El mundo clásico

Monumental y excepcionalmente bien documentada, esta biografía de Alejandro Magno se sumerge en el misterio de uno de los más extraordinarios personajes de la historia, feroz conquistador de Asia y discípulo de Aristóteles, que terminó por sentar, a través de sus gestas, las bases mismas del helenismo. Lejos de ofrecer una mirada romántica y fantasiosa de la vida de Alejandro, Lane Fox recupera, con un lenguaje de insuperable maestría, todos los matices de una época histórica, desde las tácticas de batalla hasta las costumbres culinarias y sexuales, y nos acerca así a la...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Joan Fuster (Sueca, 1922-1992) ejerció la crítica cultural de manera continuada a lo largo de su intensa trayectoria literaria, y en ella desplegó su gran sagacidad y su pensamiento “hipercrítico” –en palabras de J. M. Castellet– para opinar y reflexionar sobre cuestiones relacionadas con la literatura, las artes plásticas, la música, la filosofía, la historia... Este volumen recoge una selección representativa de estos escritos de “estética cultural” –en los que destacan su prosa incisiva, su perspicacia para observar la realidad y su amplio bagaje cultural–, que...

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.

Legends and traditions have always been a part of Mexico's history and culture. These collected tales of the colonial period blend fantasy and reality. Include the history of many names of streets of Mexico City. Part II