Roma/ Rome

Ernesto Bassi traza la configuración de un espacio geográfico que él llama el Gran Caribe transimperial entre 1760 y 1860. Centrándose en la costa caribeña de Nueva Granada (actual Colombia), el autor demuestra que los residentes de la región no vivieron sus vidas delimitados por fronteras geopolíticas, por el contrario, las actividades transfronterizas de marineros, comerciantes, revolucionarios, indígenas y otros, reflejaban sus percepciones del Caribe como un espacio transimperial donde circulaba el comercio, la información y las personas, cumpliendo y desafiando las regulaciones...

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La momificación es un ritual que se manifiesta en diversas culturas pero que, en todos los casos, manifiesta un deseo de superar la muerte y alcanzar la otra vida. El enigma de las momias aúna medicina forense, historia y magia y un gran relato de aventuras, repasa la historia de las culturas que practicaron la momificación desde Egipto a Chile, desde las catacumbas italianas hasta las turberas del norte de Europa y, por supuesto, las momias guanches de las Islas Canarias o las momias de la cultura del chinchorro, en Chile, con más de 6.000 años de antigüedad. Conoceremos las claves y...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...