Reuse of ancient monuments and other sites is a well-known phenomenon in all periods all over the world. People in the past were always confronted with surviving remains from previous periods, and reacted to and en-gaged with them in most varying ways. This is particu-larly true for liminal places like tombs. Reused structures are by definition used.1 This…
How did people organize their settlements in prehistory? This question is at the core of a large number of archaeological excavations throughout Scandinavia and beyond, and has remained so during the past three to four centuries. A few decades after the introduction and implementation of settlement archaeological excavations based on top-soil m…
When Townes van Zandt was once asked why most of his songs are so sad, he replied with the telling phrase: ‘Blues is happy music!’ His blues is ‘happy,’ of course, not because it is jolly and there is no sadness in it, but much rather precisely because it affirms and gives form to sadness, thereby enabling us to transform and transcend it. Townes’ point w…
In the aftermath of the 2018 June 12 summit between the US and North Korea, held in Singapore, there was vehement disagreement among experts and commentators over the question as to whether anything sub-stantive had been established by President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un, or whether it was China, North Korea or the US that had emerged as a winner. The only c…
On 1 April 1931, the Lebanese engineer Albert Naccache guided a group of touriststo the Qadisha Valley in Northern Lebanon. Nowadays, the Qadisha Valley figures in the World Heritage List of UNESCO, owing to its age-old cedars and monasteries dating back to the early days of Christianity.1 Naccache, however, drew the atten-tion of his visitors to a mo…
Many, many years ago, in the pleasant land of Italy, there was a little city called Alba. It stood on the sunny side of a mountain, near the River Tiber and not far from the Mediterranean Sea. In this city and around the mountain lived a brave, intelligent people known as Latins. Several other tribes inhabited the adjacent mountains and plains. The Latins were ruled by kings, and one of their …
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Rome is a paradox embodied in a city. It is both alive and buried, both pagan andChristian, both a small Mediterranean village and the historical centre of the westernworld. Rome is, and has for a very long time been, a place extraordinarily chargedwith preconceptions and prescriptions concerning cultural and historical heritage.Guidebooks to the city have, from the Middle Ages and onward, play…
The basic premise of this volume of articles is that there is a need to respond to the challenge issued by Jerry Bentley – one of the pioneers of the now well-established field of ‘World History’ – for historians to attempt both to ‘globalize history’ and to ‘historicize globalization’. Though directed at historians, it is a challenge that raises broader questions about the …
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”Aku memiliki cinta yang istimewa terhadap Polandia. Kalau ia mematuhi kehendak-Ku, Aku akan mengangkatnya kepada kekuasaan dan kekudusan. Dari negeri ini, akan muncul percik api yang akan mempersiapkan dunia untuk menyambut kedatangan-Ku yang terakhir.” (Buku Harian 1732)
The town being built on the declivity of that high tract of land called Cape Spartel (the Cape Cottes or Ampelusian of theancients), it is seen at a great distance; but on entering the bay, it appears to the best advantage. It is defended by two martello towers, a castle, and a large battery; but I am confident that it could not with stand the attack of a few English frigates, and that such a f…
Shanghai, also known as Hu, is the largest and most prosperous city in China. As one of the main port cities in China, hundreds of foreign travelers arrived at Shanghai to start their trips in China. It is a bustling international metropolis which plays an important role in China’s economy, culture, transport, industry, finance, trade and exhibition. With a pleasant northern subtropical marit…
Ini sungguh buku yang amat menarik tentang seorang sejarawan Indonesia, figur publik dan tokoh intelektual hebat bernama Onghokham. Dalam masyarakat yang terbilang masih konservatif, Ong menyeruak sebagai figur unik dalam sejarah Indonesia berkat identitas minoritasnya yang multi. Dia seorang Tionghoa peranakan berlatar pendidikan Belanda, ateis, pemabuk, gay, dan bahkan dikenal bergaya hidup h…
Amir Machmud NS lahir di Pati, 24 September 1961. Menampatkan pendidikan S2 Ilmu Hukum, ia menjadi wartawan Harian Suara Merdeka sejak 1984; kini Direktur Pemberitaan SMNetwork setelah menjadi Pemimpin Readksi, Redaktur Senior dan Kepala Desk Olahraga. Ia mejadi Ketua PWI Provinsi Jawa Tengah 2015 - 2020.
Bung Karno adalah sosok pribadi yang selalu menarik dan tak pernah selesai untuk diperbincangkan. Peran hidupnya sebagai founding father, nasionalis, cendekiawan, ideolog, orator ulung, dan bahkan sosok negarawan yang hebat, belum tentu bisa tergantikan dalam seratu tahun ke depan. Buku ini tidak hanya mampu menghadirkan kembali biografi dan kisah perjuangan serta sumbangsih Bung Krno bagi n…
Ada kontroversi saat nama Paus Yohanes Paulus II disebut. Di satu sisi ia dianggap progresif karena berhasil membesarkan gereja Katolik terutama dengan menyandarkan kekuatan kepada kaum muda - akhirnya pun sukses menapaki milenium ketiga, namun di sisi lain ia diprotes karena amat konservatif. Ia menolak aborsi, alat kontrasepsi, eutanasia, perkawinan sejenis, juga menutup pintu kemungkinan mun…
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Semua penduduk pribumi memiliki peluang yang sama, dan pendidikan yang baik menjadi sarana untuk mendapatkan sebuah tempat di kantor pemerintah. Padahal pendidikan pribumi masih terbatas pada kelompok elite; hanya keluarga-keluarga yang memiliki cukup uang mampu mengirim anak-anak mereka ke sekolah. Tidak ada kelebihan untuk mengatakan bahwa sekolah-sekolah di Muntilan dan Mendut praktis menjad…
"Kasihan kau, Bapa tua, gara-gara ajaranmu, kau akan masuk neraka" Begitulah tanggapan yang hidup sezaman dengan Santo Alfonsus tentang diri dan ajarannya. Tetapi, apa yang terjadi? Alfonsus tidak masuk neraka. Sebaliknya, ia digelar Santo dan Pujangga Gereja justru karena ajaran dan teladan hidupnya. "Semua orang dipanggil untuk menjadi kudus," kata Alfonsus 250 tahun yang lalu. Ia dapat meno…
Augustinus adalah seorang tokoh luar biasa. Oleh dunia Islam di daerah asalnya (Afrika Utara) ia disebut Rumi Kabir yang artinya orang Kristen yang agung. Oleh orang Kristiani, Augustinus dikenang dengan penuh hormat sebagai seorang gembala umat yang setia, pujangga Gereja yang mahir, teolog kenamaan, dan seorang santo yang teladannya menarik perhatian banyak orang. Dalam buku ini, penulis yang…
Percaya atau tidak, semuanya ini adalah fakta. Tubuh para santo-santa yang telah dimakamkan ratusan tahun lamanya, ditemukan masih dalam keadaan utuh dan tidak dapat membusuk ketika digali. Belum ada teori yang bisa menjelaskan bagaimana tubuh para santo-santa itu bisa awet hingga ratusan tahun. Yang menghebohkan lagi, reliqui dari para santo santa ini pun mempunyai keajaiban dengan berbagai mu…
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Beautiful and accessible, Japan is both modern and traditional. Fast-paced and ultra-modern cities, breathtaking natural beauty, and awe-inspiring cultural sites sit easily side-by-side in this unique and fascinating country. For such a small island, Japan has plenty to offer with cultural festivals, cuisine and experiences, not to mention exceptional skiing opportunities.
Going on a business trip to Japan entails a lot of organisation and research. Things you take for granted in your own country are not always the same in Japan. It is always best to prepare in advance. To save you from having to trawl through the Internet, this report will also provide you with links to relevant websites and apps plus many useful tips on navigating areas that may cause potential…
This book is an absorbing account of Smythe's discovery subsequent visit. Now world famous the Valley of Flowers – its glory, peace and mysterious beauty unspoilt since Smythe's time - continues to lure adventurers. Complete with maps, this is the most authentic account of the Valley of Flowers. Along with the Valley, Smythe also presents the gripping story of his encounter and pursuit of the…
Makkah Al Mukaramah is the heart of the Islamic world, the cradle of revelation and the holiest city in Islam. The city isthe birthplace of Prophet Mohammed “Peace be upon him” and it is here within the Great Mosque that the Ka’aba, the most sacred shrine of Islam, awaits the Muslim pilgrim in Hajj & Umrah. Discover Makkah Al Mukaramah, the most sacred land on earth and learn more about t…
In winter, when snow dusts the mountains, the year begins with the revelry and cheer of a traditional Hogmanay. Celebrations continue in January in honour of Robert Burns at Burns’ Suppers held across the country. It’s the perfect opportunity to sample Scotland’s national dish, haggis, alongside neeps and tatties (turnips and potatoes), and drink a warming dram of whisky to toast the Bard…
For this reason, destination management has become a major HTA focus and is at the heart of this 2020-2025 Strategic Plan Update. Our previous strategic plans have included attention to community benefits, Hawaiian culture, workforce training, and other destination concerns. What is different now is the greater emphasis and additional resources being directed to them. At the same time, HTA…
The Mongols arose from obscure origins in the recesses of Inner Asia to unify their immediate nomadic neighbors and then to conquer much of the Eurasian landmass, ruling large parts of it for more than a century. Emerging from a newly consolidated heartland north of the Gobi in the thirteenth century, the Mongols and their armies—made up of conquered peoples—thrust through western Asia, cro…
In 1432, poet John Lydgate was commissioned to commemorate the triumphal entry of Henry VI to London. Setting the scene, Lydgate wrote of ‘this Citee with laude, pris, and glorie/For joye moustred lyke the sonne beem’.1 He described the participants in this civic muster in terms of their clothing: the mayor in red velvet, the sheriffs and aldermen in scarlet furred …
In the year 1553, one Friday morning, August 4, the eve of the feast of Our Lady of the Snows, while Ignatius was in the garden, I began to give him an account of my soul, and, among other things, I spoke to him of how I was tempted by vain glory. The spiritual advice he gave me was this: “Refer everything that you do to God; strive to offer Him all the good you find in yourself, acknowledgin…
Thailand, the land of smiles, has been able to absorb Western influences while maintaining its own rich heritage. It doesn’t matter if you are coming for the Buddhist culture, the stunning beaches or the sophisticated cuisine, you will fall in love with Thailand and once your trip is over, you ’ll be coming back for more. As the only nation in Southeast Asia that was never colonized by a Eu…
From the alps in the north to the rocky shores of Sicily and all the magnicifient cities in between, there are so many different landscapes and cultures to explore in Italy. Not so long ago, you needed to catch overnight trains to cross the country. Don’t underestimate how long it will take to travel from north to south if you are straying from the major cities. Italy only became a unied coun…
A “Brief History of Italy?” Isn’t that impossible? Well, sort of, so we’ve kept it very general to provide the reader with merely a survey. Though Italy is really a new nation only coming into being in 1861, the geographical area we now refer to as Italy has had a long, rich, and diverse history. This survey will take you through pre-Roman times with the Greeks and Etruscans to the Roma…
A culture, centered in what is today Eastern Europe, begins to use gold to fashion decorative objects. The gold was probably mined in the Transylvanian Alps or the Mount Pangaion area in Thrace.
The objectives of the textbook are fourfold. The first priority is to familiarize university students of English language and literature with British history from the Ice Age to the twenty first century. The second purpose of the book is to provide information about British geography, holidays, sports, and customs. Also, at the same time, the textbook aims at helping university students deve…
Ancient Greece wasn't one big country like modern Greece is today. Instead, areas of land belonged to ‘city states’ (poleis), which all acted separately from the others. Sometimes they would make alliances with each other to fight enemies like the Persians — sometimes the Greek city states would fight each other.
In early May 1901, the colonial authorities in Kingstown, capital of the island of St Vincent, then a British colony in the Lesser Antilles, were taken by surprise by requests from the Carib populations living on the flanks of Mount La Soufrière to be removed to the south of the island. They were afraid of the increasing frequency of small earthquakes in the area. Stories had bee…
Right after the 2010 earthquake that rocked the Port-au-Prince region and killed many people, a big data competition began between states and in-ternational organizations involved in the relief eff ort. The journalists Rob-ert Muggah and Athena Kolbe, a year and half after the disaster, wrote that “in Haiti, fewer than 46,000 people were killed in the January 2010ear…
Let us retreat from this narrative. This is not a history of the Tervuren museum after all, no matter how much such a study deserves to be written (but see Luwel 1960; Wynants 1997). The history of Belgian institutions, and even of Belgian science in general, is not the scope of this book. If I present such sketches from the museum’s centennial existence, it is because, …
Is there a special role for the Low Countries in art history’s current focus on global mobility? How, and why, should we conceive of the globalization of Netherlandish art? The essays brought together in this volume examine how artworks produced in the wake of European expansion – produced in the Netherlands in reaction to the world outside Euro…
This book is an experiment. Starting in the late 1970s, I began conducting ar-chaeological research in the lower Ulua River valley, a 2400 square kilometer swathe of lowlands that stretches over 70 km inland from the Caribbean coast. One of my earliest and continuing interests has been the pottery of the region, particularly the vessels called Ulua Polychromes. Long collected by museums, Ulua P…
In 1529, Pedro de Cazalla, a scion of a prominent family of Jewish converts to Christianity from Toledo, claimed that no more than “a thread” connected men with God and that any mediation by the Church was unnecessary. This book explores the manyfold ramifications of this idea. It stems from the conviction that during the early modern period, the Iberia…
On 19 June 1942, we arrived at the SS labour camp Mielice (district Krakow). The labour camp was designated for Jews only, and was situated in the grounds of the Heinkel aeroplane factory. At the time of my arrival, the number of Jews working there was approximately 100. About 5,000 Poles and 500 Germans worked in the factory proper. Every day after work, the…