La pena de muerte en España

Esta magnífica obra trata del amor que sentía el gran cacique Guarionex por la hermosa taina Loarina. Pero este gran amor no era correspondido, pues Loarina amaba a su vez al soldado español Cristobal de Sotomayor. Al sentirse rechazado, Guarionex reta a un duelo a muerte a Sotomayor, que termina con graves consecuencias para ambos...

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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,...

La ciudad histórica se configura como un tipo de ciudad, una ciudad donde el patrimonio constituye el núcleo central de su identidad urbana, donde el casco antiguo alcanza la condición de pieza principal y máximo referente simbólico del conjunto edificado. De la potencia y singularidad de este patrimonio deriva su atractivo como destino turístico, en tanto que la mayor parte de los visitantes que acuden a estas ciudades vienen en busca de una experiencia de patrimonio, una experiencia de identidad en sentido amplio. No en vano este tipo de ciudad emerge como lugar de visita en los...