Artesanía y réplicas.
Tenemos conocimiento de ellos desde el s. XVIII y aún no sabemos su utilidad. El primer dodecaedro romano se encontró en Inglaterra en 1739, desde entonces han aparecido más de cien en distintos puntos de Europa (sobre todo en Alemania y Francia), y aún no se ha podido determinar el propósito de su fabricación dada […]
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Caliphic art is one of the stages of development of Islamic art in Al-Andalus, and passes between the 8th and 10th centuries, (beginning of the Taifa Kingdoms). Andalusí Muslim art developed according to religious canons and oriental influences, adapting many times to pre-Muslim architectural and decorative techniques or motifs. In Cordoba, capital of the caliphate […]
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The Nebra Sky Disk is, to date, the oldest known depiction of the sky and astronomical phenomena. It is an archaeological find discovered in 1999 on Mount Mittelberg, near Nebra (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany). It is a bronze plaque with gold decorations, almost round, weighing about 2 kg and has a diameter of approximately 32 cm. It […]
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