Description: The small island north of England, on a Tuesday, June 8, 793, the so-called Vikings, with the first recorded attack on the quiet monastery of Lindisfarne, in Northumbria, began the Viking age in the monastery founded by San Aidan. There are few data that have of that assault in terms of authors and victims, simply, the attackers arrived, massacred the monks and took away everything that had value. From there, the following was the conquest of those lands, longed for by all, rich in resources and part of paradise on earth. In the background the quiet castle monastery, approaching, a drakkar, the dreaded boat in the whole island.
Description: How these colossal figures were built is a mystery that is gradually being solved, but in the same way the spectacularity of the imposing statues of the men of Easter is incredible. Imagine how the process of carving stone and transport should have been, as an event of the community, a bit of each of the members, all contributing their effort and enthusiasm. Fortunately, it has been recorded on the rock and is transmitted only by looking at them. Each of them is a precise moment of life, each of them collects and shows the greatness of teamwork. It is not the only example, all the constructions are the result of that coordination, but it seems that being in such a remote place, it is like a convincing proof that the human being must work...
Description: On this day as today in 1874, Howard Carter was born in Kensington. His talent as a draftsman earned him an invitation from the English Egyptology Society to go to Egypt and participate in the expedition by drawing bas-reliefs. Fact that led him to learn to restore the objects and monuments found and also to dig. With such experience he became an inspector of antiques. We all know the rest of the story that Lord Carnarvon also starred in. Who has not seen the golden mask of the young pharaoh? A pharaoh who just ruled 9 years. But that is the icon of ancient Egypt thanks to the preservation of its burial place along with all its belongings. That is why the ideogram that the illustrator 9BH brings us on this occasion leads us to think abou...
Description: Napoleon was as we all know a Corsican ruler and military man, who at the time belonged to France. He led the end of the French revolution and brought some stability to the destinies of France. But megalomania was his downfall along with authoritarian attitudes. Great was his legacy and his contribution to progress since he reformed the laws that today are the basis of current justice, also reformed the educational system by turning teachers into state officials and reinforcing discipline and study. He created the University of France, the Bank of France, the Louvre in the largest artistic center in the world, centralized public health systems, transformed Paris urbanistically.
Description: She was an American fashion designer in the field of ready-to-wear clothing in the 20th century. He is credited with creating American sportswear. He obtained the diploma at the end of studies and enrolled in 1589 at the University of Tübingen. He first began studying ethics, dialectics, rhetoric, Greek, Hebrew, astronomy and physics, and later theology and human sciences. He continued with his studies after obtaining the master's degree in 1591. Source: Wikipedia
Description: Lord Kelvin is undoubtedly one of the greats of science, especially electricity and thermodynamics. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences of 11 countries, and received more than 16 merit awards including Knight of the Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Member of the Royal Society and also the Order of Merit of the United Kingdom. All an eminence to which we owe a lot. 9DP Presents a portrait in his series Britain's most important.
Description: He was King of the United Kingdom and the domains of the British Commonwealth and Emperor of India from January 22, 1901 until his death on May 6, 1910. He was the first British monarch of the House of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha, who later it was renamed as the house of Windsor by his son, Jorge V. As the eldest son of a British sovereign, he acquired automatically the titles of Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay from birth. As son of Prince Albert he also held the titles of Prince of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha and Duke of Saxony. Queen Victoria awarded him the title of Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester on December 8, 1841. On November 9, 1853 he was awarded the title of Earl of Dublin and was appointed Knight of the Order of the Garter. On May ...
Description: This is a very little known image of Cissa of Sussex, which invaded from the south England, along with his father, and two brothers in the area of Wessex and after three battles in the Anglo-Saxon chronicles he is intuited as King of Sussex. You always have to hydrate, so even during a battle you saw Cissa drinking a glass of fresh water to recover, and here is the image.
Description: To talk about Robert Hooke we would have to gather many brilliant minds to be able to match him. Since he was interested in biology, medicine, horology, physics, planetary physics, mechanics, microscopy, nautical, and even architecture. He created a multitude of ideas that he did not have time to develop, and sometimes he commented on them so that others could inquire. A forgotten genius whose tomb is exactly unknown location, although it is located in the church of Saint Helen, Bishopsgate, in the City of London.
Description: Archeology and women. Being hired as a draftsman, she achieved secretarial duties and managed to direct excavations. Although her merit has managed to reach our days, she worked alongside her husband since 1896, the archaeologist William Matthew Flinders Petrie. They founded the British School of Archeology in Egypt, but they also made important excavations around Palestine and Jerusalem. To his great work it is necessary to add that he made the search of funds for the excavations and documenting the advances. Here we have the drawing to think of what is seen as an applied and dedicated Hilda climbing the ladder of an excavation.
Description: “There is only one general space, a vast unique vastness that we can call freely empty: in it are innumerable orbs like this one in which we live and grow, we declare that this space is infinite, since no reason, convenience, sensory perception neither nature assigns a limit. ”
Description: The British aviators John William Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown did not pass few calamities on their transatlantic flight between June 14 and 15, 1919. Mechanical failures, fog, ice on the wings, extreme cold, difficulties only suitable for adventurous spirits, motivated by overcoming established limits as impossible. Due to a failure in the electric generator, they could not use their heated suits apart from having to endure a deafening engine noise that prevented communication. In spite of everything they could reach their destination and with them the 196 letters and a package becoming the first transoceanic postal flight.
Description: British physicist and chemist. As a physicist, it is known by the Cavendish experiment (by which the universal gravitation constant was subsequently determined); and as a chemist, by the discovery of hydrogen and the composition of water. Part of his subsequent popularity derives from his singular personal character (extremely reserved) and from the many anecdotes that mark his biography. The richest of all the wise, and quite possibly, the wisest of all the rich
Description: In conceptual art if there is someone capable of surrendering and giving it all that is Bas Jan Ader. His study of emotions and the loss of control were his main source of inspiration and central theme of his work. In 1975 he began his last voyage, crossing the Atlantic in a simple boat. He disappeared and his body was never found, although a piece of the "Ocean Wave" was found
