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A lo largo de los siglos los mitos que se refieren a la guerra de Troya y a sus protagonistas –Aquiles, Héctor, Elena...-, transmitidos desdela Ilíadapor una numerosa secuencia de recreaciones literarias, han mantenido viva su fascinación. Sólo cuando Heinrich Schliemann pretendió hacia 1873 haber descubierto el “tesoro de Príamo” y las ruinas de Troya en Hisarlik, en la actual Turquía, comenzó a pensarse en la posibilidad de que los acontecimientos narrados por Homero tuviesen una base histórica. Michael Wood nos narra en estas páginas la crónica milenaria de la búsqueda de ...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Desde los comienzos de la egiptologa, los especialistas no pararon de acumular textos que hablan de Maat, diosa egipcia de la justicia. A pesar de toda esta documentacin, Maat sigue siendo un misterio. Verdadera investigacin, este libro saca partido de todos los indicios acumulados por los egiptlogos en relacin con Maat. Gracias a sus competencias jurdicas y a su familiaridad con los smbolos, la autora rene las piezas del rompecabezas que faltaban para poder formar la imagen de Maat. Una vez entendido el significado de la misma, se comprende de forma inmediata e inesperada, toda la...