Since ancient times, man has been concerned to create an artificial structure similar to itself. This concern has remained constant attention and creative thinkers most profound since antiquity until today, it is of greatest interest. This article aims to highlight the most significant moments of the evolution from mechanical creatures mythical or real, from antiquity to the present humanoid ro...

The classical legacy in contemporary Spanish poetry is evident, especially the creation of Aurora Luque (Almería 1962), one best representatives neoclassical and culturalist trend Hispanic poetry. This article aims to show two aspects her poetry: recovery of the Greco-Roman tradition female voice that reconciles aesthetics morality. To defend the feminine everyday life, poet reinvents...

Abstract The paper presents evidence of Roman marble production in the Balkan region, specifically from south-eastern Rhodope Mountain area (modern Bulgaria) and Armira. Although trade antiquity are well known Prokonnesos, Thasos, several other sites, deposits inland Thrace have received far less attention. In 2018–2019, a systematic survey Bulgaria (Roman Thrace) was carried out by our team co...

Antiquity appears in films from the very beginning of cinema. As other examples reception, presence antiquity depends on context specificity medium which includes relationship with audience, as well personal mark author. The subject this paper are two movies set antiquity: Roman Scandals (1933) and Life Brian (1977). Both comedies, plots ancient past, both satirical, meaning that they have a co...

Abstract This paper deals with the integration and fusion of UAV-based imagery, including Vis-NIR multispectral infrared thermography data, georadar geomagnetic prospecting, applied on Grumentum, pre-Roman Roman city, an important phase dated to Late Antiquity, ancient Lucania, in Basilicata region. The data were processed individually then integrated each other order recover as much informatio...

Since Roman Antiquity, domestic and wild animals have been transported over long distances for purposes as different as improvement of livestock production, food supply, scientific interest, public entertainment, war and numerous other purposes. This long distance transportation was originally limited to the Mediterranean area but, during the Middle Ages extended to the rest of Europe. The conq...

The combination of sex and horror may be disquieting to many, but the two are natural (if perhaps gruesome) bedfellows. In fact, sex and horror coincide with such regularity in contemporary horror fiction that the two concepts appear to be at least partially intertwined. This is not to suggest that the sex–horror confluence is an exclusively contemporary phenomenon. For instance, Hunter Gardner...