Las piramides de Giza

In the fourth dynasty, three large stone pyramids were built at Giza. The design of these pyramids was based on the pyramids that had been built before. These are the largest and sturdiest pyramids that were ever built in ancient Egypt.

The first and largest pyramid was built for the pharaoh Khufu (also known as Cheops).

The second largest pyramid was built for Khufu's son, Khafra (also known as Chephren). In addition to the usual parts of a pyramid complex, Khafra's pyramid is guarded by a huge sphinx.Finally, the third largest pyramid was built for the pharaoh Menkaure (also known as Mycerinus).

The ancient Egyptians continued to build pyramids for their pharaohs after the Giza pyramids were built. However they were never as big or well-designed as the Giza pyramids.

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Las piramides egipcias

The Egyptian pyramids are ancient pyramid-shaped masonry structures located inEgypt.There are over 100 pyramids in Egypt. Most were built as tombs for the country'sPharaohs and their consorts during the Old andMiddle Kingdom periods

The earliest known Egyptian pyramid is thePyramid of Djoser which was built during thethird dynasty. This pyramid and its surrounding complex were designed by the architectImhotep, and are generally considered to be the world's oldest monumental structures constructed of dressed masonry.

The best known Egyptian pyramids are those found at Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo. Several of the Giza pyramids are counted among the largest structures ever built.

The Pyramid of Khufu at Giza is the largest Egyptian pyramid. It is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still in existence.

By the time of the early dynastic period of Egyptian history, those with sufficient means were buried in bench-like structures known as mastabas.

Juego

In ancient Greece the Olympic games were held in honour of Zeus, King of the Gods. The games were part of a great five day festival held every four years at Olympia, a valley near a city called Elis.

It was an opportunity for individual cities to get together and people came in large numbers from all over the Greek world.

At Olympia today you can still see remains of some of the buildings. Roll your mouse over the photo to see how he may have looked.

Each of the cities of ancient Greece had its own government, and there were often wars between them. Messengers sent out from Elis announced a sacred truce of one month before the festival began.

The truce meant that people could travel to Olympia in safety. The Olympic games were more important than wars because they were a religious festival.

The earliest Olympic Games were held in about 776BC. In those days the only event was a short sprint, from one end of the stadium to the other. Gradually over the years more were added until there were four days of many different competitions. The running track was much wider than a modern one. Twenty people could run at once.

Colonias griegas y fenicias

Colonies in antiquity were city-states founded from a mother-city, not from a territory-at-large. Bonds between a colony and its metropolis remained close, and took specific forms.
The Phoenicians were the major trading power in the Mediterranean in the early part of the first millennium BC. They established colonies as far west as modern Spain.
In Ancient Greece, colonies were sometimes founded by vanquished peoples, who left their homes to escape subjection at the hand of a foreign enemy; sometimes as a sequel to civil disorders, when the losers in internecine battles left to form a new city elsewhere; sometimes to get rid of surplus population, and thereby to avoid internal convulsions. But in most cases the motivation was to establish and facilitate relations of trade with foreign countries and further the wealth of the mother-city (in Greek, metropolis).
Las ciudades que colonizaron los griegos en la costa mediterranea de España: Hemeroscopeion, Zakinthos y Empororiai.
Las ciudades que colonizaron los fenicios en la costa mediterranea de España: Onuba, Tartessos, Gadir, Kartaia, Malaka, Sexi y Abdera.

Video de Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia

Creo que la vida en Mesopotamia era mucho mejor en la parte norte, ya que la tierra era fertil y la temperatura no era tan extrema como en la Mesopotamia sur.

La vida allí, en Mesopotamia sur debia de ser horrible cuando alcanzaba los 110 grados.

Stonehenge

Stonehenge es un monumento neolítico, tipo Crómlech, de la Edad del Bronce situado cerca de Amesbury en Wiltshire, Gran Bretaña, unos trece kilómetros al norte de Salisbury.

Stonehenge está conformado por grandes bloques de piedra distribuidos en cuatro circunferencias concéntricas; la exterior, de treinta metros de diámetro, está formada por grandes piedras rectangulares de arenisca que, originalmente, estaban coronadas por dinteles, también de piedra, quedando hoy en día sólo siete en su sitio.

Stonehenge era parte de un complejo ceremonial mucho más grande, que incluía círculos de piedra y de madera y avenidas ceremoniales.

La finalidad que tuvo la construcción de este gran monumento se ignora, pero se supone que se utilizaba como templo religioso, monumento funerario u observatorio astronómico que servía para predecir estaciones.

Primero fueron los monjes tibetanos, después los aborígenes australianos y después los descendientes de los mayas, quienes han cruzado el océano para llevar su ritual a Stonehenge. La ceremonia en el monumento megalítico del suroeste de Inglaterra ha servido para que esta cultura mesoamericana rinda tributo por primera vez en Europa a los rayos del Sol.

Resumen de Ötzi

Ötzi es la momia humana natural más antigua conocida. La causa de la momificación del cadáver fue la frialdad extrema y perpetua de la región donde el individuo falleció. Gracias a su descubrimiento se ha obtenido valiosa información sobre el periodo en que vivió.
Las ropas de Ötzi, incluyendo una capa, un chaleco y zapatos tejidos de cuero.
Se confirmó que Ötzi fue asesinado.