Cultura mundial

The Chumash, who live on the idyllic Channel Islands, may be descendants of early Americans My primary school class read Island of the Blue Dolphins about a little Indigenous girl shipwrecked on a California island. According to the book, the “Lone Woman of San Nicolas” remained alone on San Nicolas Island for 18 years in […]

Ancient mule tracks lead to these centuries-old farms-turned-inns, which serve some of France’s most famous cheeses and reveal its pastoral history I was trekking for five hours when a fine, cold rain started. I’ve heard May in eastern France’s Vosges mountains can be practically a festival or stormy and cold. The near-silence was broken by

Poverty was common in Germany two hundred years ago. Thousands of Germans emigrated at the time due to an enticing offer from the Brazilian ruler. Germans had it tough at the turn of the nineteenth century due to the Napoleonic Wars’ aftermath, poor harvests, and heavy taxes. After after, an enticing offer arrived from across

On August 2, James Baldwin, who is widely considered to be one of the most influential African American authors, would have been 100 years old. In the year 1924, James Baldwin was born in the New York neighborhood of Harlem, at a time when racism was already prevalent across the globe. Poverty was widespread, and

The Mendelssohn-Remise, which documents Jewish life in Berlin and the music of musician Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, may soon go down Jewish members of the Mendelssohn family made significant contributions to the intellectual, financial, and cultural life of Germany beginning in the 18th century. They were also musicians and financiers. But when the Nazis took over

Cave dwellers in the Stone Age were everything but boring. Their capabilities are shown by the astonishing artifacts discovered in the caverns of the Danube Valley in southern Germany. Image: Ria Litzenberg/Universität Tübingen Is the Swabian Jura in southern Germany the birthplace of contemporary Europeans? After finding many figures crafted from mammoth ivory that date back

Cities hosting the Olympics have developed enormous tracts of purpose-made housing for athletes since 1924. These are widely used for urban redevelopment, but do they benefit local communities? Pierre de Coubertin, co-founder of the IOC in 1894, proposed the first Olympic village in Paris for the 1924 Summer Games. The athletes would sleep and eat

With bows everywhere, coquette style is becoming more trendy. Does it look problematic or joyful and empowering? Our dogs, rooms, and makeup are coquette in 2024. Bows are appearing in previously unthinkable settings including the office and gym. Gen Z and younger millennials have found a way to wear Sofia Coppola films, from Marie Antoinette’s