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Reflecting on the daily life of people in history, this series examines the culture of ancient civilizations and their time in history. They provide the reader with a glimpse of how each culture lived, worked, related to one another, and worshipped, as well as the eccentricities and peculiarities for which they are well known. Reflejando la vida cotidiana de la gente común, esta colección examina las culturas civilizaciones antiguas y su lugar en la historia. Ofrecen un compendio sobre las tareas diarias, la organización familiar y la práctica de la religión, así como las...

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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,...

Franco quiso que el régimen quedara "atado y bien atado" tras su muerte. Pero un año después de su desaparición, el propio régimen desató el nudo sin demasiadas dificultades. La transición a la democracia se produjo mediante la aprobación en las Cortes, el 18 de noviembre de 1976, de la octava Ley fundamental del franquismo, la Ley para la Reforma Política. Los procuradores de las Cortes franquistas votaron a favor de una ley que acababa con el régimen y daba paso a unas elecciones democráticas y un periodo constituyente. En la época, fue corriente hablar del "harakiri" o del...