Flavian Amphitheatre. Photo: Andreas Tille. Wikipedia. A widespread myth is that the disappearance of the monuments of ancient Rome was caused because they were destroyed by barbarians. Generally, however, they did not. The Romans themselves had more responsibility than anyone in the destruction of their own city. Imperial Rome had a population of over...
Photo: Masaaki Kimura Yonaguni Island is a part of Japan’s Ryukyu archipelago. In 1986 under the water around it were discovered what some people say are the ruins of an ancient civilization and others believe it is only natural formations. Masaaki Kimura is a geologist for Ryukyu University. He has studied the site (also...
Photo: Wikipedia. Annie Wood was born in 1847, in London, in a family of middle class of Irish origin and along her life it was always proud to be an Irish. Her father, a doctor, died when she was five years old, leaving the family in a difficult economic situation. Her mother could not...
No dramas or comedies, only adventure films located in the European Middle Age by chronological order: The Crusades (USA 1935) Director: Cecil B. de Mille Cast: Henry Wilcoxon, Loretta Young, Alan Hale, C. Aubrey Smith, Ian Keith, Katherine de Mille The Adventures of Marco Polo (USA 1938) Director: Archie Mayo Cast: Gary Cooper, Sigrid...
Leggenda di Enea (Italy-France, 1962) Director: Giorgio Rivalta Cast: Carla Marlier, Steve Reeves, Liana Orfei, Mario Ferrari, Gianni Garko Romolo e Remo (Italy, 1961) Director: Sergio Corbucci Cast: Franco Volpi, Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott, Virna Lisi, Ornella Vanoni Cabiria (Italy, 1914) Director: Giovanni Pastrone (Guión de Giovanni Pastrone y Gabriele D’Annunzio) Cast: Letizia Quaranta,...
After the success of The best movies about ancient Rome and The best medieval adventure films there comes to your screen ten movies about ancient Egypt, with its pyramids, its Pharaohs and its mummies. There is not doubt that Cleopatra is a star, and she is the protagonist of almost half. Cleopatra (USA, 1934)...