El antiguo Oriente

Seventeen Egyptologists and archaeologists probe the most compelling mysteries of ancient Egypt in this illustrated collection of 70 brief essays. Answers to age-old questions about Egyptian burial rituals, architecture, and royalty are provided, and recent discoveries are discussed—evidence that Tutankhamen was murdered, boats buried intact deep in the desert beside the tombs of the earliest kings, unexplained shafts inside the Great Pyramids aligned with the stars, and a massive mausoleum built for the many sons of Ramses II. The essays are supplemented with evocative photographs,...

En este ensayo, que se ha convertido en referencia obligada, Joseph Roth perfila el dibujo íntimo, no siempre exento de ironía, de los judíos del Este de Europa, un pueblo que a la sazón se convirtió, a través de sus dolorosas migraciones, en uno de los fermentos constitutivos de lo que hoy llamamos Occidente. Sobre este extraordinario libro, entre recuerdos de ciudades y fiestas, de rabinos milagrosos y casas de oración, entre imágenes del Este y de Viena, Berlín, París o Nueva York, flota la añoranza de un mundo, de una estructura religiosa perdida y también de una imagen de...

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En esta compilacion se dan a conocer los esfuerzos y estrategias de la comunidad judia para ir superando los problemas economicos: capacitacion y educacion ciudadanas pueden coadyuvar a superar el estado de pobreza predominante. Los avances, aunque lentos, han sido significativos en paises como Argentina, Venezuela y Chile.