It’s nice to walk between the ruins of the ancient Ur, admire the huge ziggurat, discover the royal tombs excavated by Woolley. Ur, it is a site that has always fascinated researchers and archaeologists but also characters that we know as Aghata Christie, becoming the scene of a great lo[...]
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settembre 25th, 2015 - 13:05 § in Curiosità
AGATHA CHRISTIE THE DISCOVERY OF THE EAST-AGATHA CHRISTIE ALLA SCOPERTA DELL’ORIENTE
giugno 6th, 2015 - 14:33 § in Curiosità, Restauro e conservazione
PUDDING WALNUTS/BUDINO ALLE NOCI
Ingredients: Sugar 120 g Water 120 ml Pumpkin flesh 500 g Lemon juice 1 spoonful Cream 250 ml Chopped walnuts Preparation: In the pudding mould, melt the sugar in a double boiler in lukewarm water. Cook it for 15 minutes until the mixture will thick, but not caramelize[...]
maggio 18th, 2015 - 13:11 § in Curiosità
THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON IN THE MODERN WORLD/I GIARDINI PENSILI DI BABILONIA NEL MONDO MODERNO
Last Saturday we talked about The Gardens of Babylon in historical tradition and in the studies from 800 to the present day. The Hanging Gardens have influenced theatrical works, video games and comics of the modern world. They are the backdrop for two plays of 800. The first is that of Semira[...]
maggio 16th, 2015 - 13:26 § in Curiosità
HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON/I GIARDINI PENSILI DI BABILONIA
CENNI STORICI: Il primo elenco completo di sette meraviglie compare in un epigramma di Antipatro (di Sidone, II sec. a.C. o di Tessalonica, I sec. a.C.). In questa lista ritroviamo le Piramidi di Giza, il Mausoleo di Alicarnasso, la statua di Zeus ad Olimpia, l’Artemision di Efeso, [...]
maggio 9th, 2015 - 13:22 § in Curiosità
BABYLON ”ON AIR”
Non siate troppo severi nel giudicare questo mio lavoro. Sono reduce di un viaggio che mi ha portato ad esplorare quella giungla musicale che ormai caratterizza il nostro mondo e in cui, troppo spesso forse, ci rifugiamo per scappare al grande nemico dei nostri giorni: il silenzio. Ve lo posso[...]
aprile 25th, 2015 - 12:00 § in Curiosità
MUJADDARA
INTRODUZIONE: Questa ricetta, Mujaddara o Mudardara è un piatto molto conosciuto in Medio Oriente. Soprannominato come “il favorito di Esaù” (per il riferimento biblico alla zuppa di Esaù) INGREDIENTI: 2 cipolle 225g di riso basmati 150g di lenticchie 1 foglia di alloro [...]
aprile 11th, 2015 - 12:00 § in Curiosità
Nazik al-Mala’ika
A FEMALE FIGURE IN IRAQI POETRY Arab culture presents a fascinating art since ancient times with great populations, with its literature, music and poetry both ancient and modern. By the Iraqi people extraordinary figures emerge, as the poetess Nazik Al-Malaika Nazik al-Mala’ika N[...]
marzo 28th, 2015 - 12:00 § in Curiosità
VINCENT D’INDY AND THE GODDESS ISTAR
VINCENT D’INDY AND THE GODDESS ISTAR The great Ishtar, goddess of love and war has been the inspiration of a composition by Vincent d’Indy in 1896. VINCENT D’INDY Vincent D’Indy (Paris 1851-1931) was born into an aristocratic family in Paris. He began study[...]
marzo 21st, 2015 - 12:00 § in Curiosità
Makloubeh-Recipe/Ricetta
ORIGIN: Its name means “upside-down”, indeed, the Makloubeh includes meat, rice and fried vegetables placed in a pot, which, when it’s served, it’s flipped in a dish. INGREDIENTS: 1 Cauliflower (or 3 aubergines) salt, pepper and spices ( just enough) 2 cups o[...]
marzo 14th, 2015 - 12:00 § in Curiosità
A forgotten population, born again through the drawings. Un popolo dimenticato, rinato attraverso i disegni.
PRESENTATION: We are talking about the Manga of Chie Shinohara,in her work, she presents, up to the twentieth century a.C unkown culture and population, the Hittites. The Hittite empire extended over the Anatolia (now Turkey), from the XVIII b.C. until 1200 (with the coming of t[...]