Masones, los constructores de catedrales

Tras la muerte de Julio César, la esposa de Marco Antonio fue acusada de provocar la guerra civil en Italia, poniéndose ella misma al frente de las tropas contra Octavio. 

Desde la época de Alejandro Magno se difundió por el mundo helénico una lista de siete grandes monumentos. El elenco combinaba maravillas griegas, como el Faro de Alejandría, con otras de Egipto, Babilonia y el mundo persa. 

Perros, gatos y monos eran tan apreciados por los egipcios que a su muerte eran momificados y enterrados con sus amos. 

The greatest heights of Upper Paleolithic cave paintings and engraved portable art were reached after the Last Glacial Maximum ended and human populations grew.Support the show 

A mysterious religious community founded by an insurance agent-turned spiritual leader in northern Italy spent 15 years constructing an underground temple covered in intricate paintings, mosaics, trippy colors and images inspired by Roman, Greek and Egyptian mythology. READ MORE ... Show More

Fruit de l'architecture européenne, les cathédrales se disséminent dans le monde à la suite de la colonisation et de l'évangélisation. Entre architecture locale et européenne, elles symbolisent les rapports de force et de pouvoir et s'inscrivent dans la construction des nations. ... Show More

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss megaliths - huge stones placed in the landscape, often visually striking and highly prominent. Such stone monuments in Britain and Ireland mostly date from the Neolithic period, and the most ancient are up to 6,000 years old. In recent decades, sci ... Show More

In the Middle Ages, Christian monasteries played an integral role in the generation and spread of knowledge. Scholarship flourished behind monastery walls and monks became experts in a wide range of fields, including astronomy, medicine, even beer-making and beekeeping. But how a ... Show More