The word hecatomb, from Greek, literally means "sacrifice of a hundred oxen".
Over time, the term has been used to refer to the sacrifices of many victims, including non-bovine ones, and in everyday vocabulary it is now synonymous with slaughter....
A Greek historian, originally from Agira (Sicily), he lived between 80 and 20 BC.
He wrote a universal history in which he reported all the events from the mythical age to the Roman expedition to Gaul led by Julius Caesar in 59 BC.
The work was originally composed of 40 books, of which the first...
Marcus Tullius Cicero was born in 106 BC in Arpino, Lazio. Thanks to his family's wealthy economic standing, he studied in Rome under excellent teachers before becoming an illustrious Roman lawyer, politician, writer and orator.
In 75 BC he held the position of quaestor in Sicily and in 73 BC cam...
The scalpel is a short-bladed knife used in surgery.
There are different types, which differ in the shape of the blade and the type of operation to be carried out....
Biodiversity means the variety of different species, both animal and plant, that coexist within the same ecosystem.
This phenomenon is constantly monitored and studied using statistical methods, especially in areas of the Earth where biodiversity has declined significantly in recent decades in the...
In ancient architecture, the term basement meant the lower part of a building.
In Greek temples, the basement is represented by the raised platform, accessed by stairs, where the columns of the building stand.
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To the ancient Greeks, Asclepius was the god of medicine.
Son of Apollo, in life he devoted himself to caring for the sick to alleviate human suffering; some legends even tell that he managed to revive the dead.
Because he had dared to defy the natural law that all humans are mortal, Zeus flew i...
The Hannibal mentioned is Hannibal Mago, a proud leader and Carthaginian king who died of the plague during the siege of Akragas in 406 BC. He made history for his military expeditions in Sicily.
In Agrigento, the Carthaginian soldiers he commanded besieged the city to take revenge for Greek attac...
MiC – Ministero della Cultura
Legge 77/2006 - Misure Speciali di Tutela e Fruizione dei Siti Italiani di Interesse Culturale, Paesaggistico e Ambientale, inseriti nella “Lista Del Patrimonio Mondiale”, posti sotto la Tutela dell’ UNESCO Regione Siciliana.
Assessorato dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana, Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana.
Parco archeologico della Valle dei Templi di Agrigento.
