Pliny the Elder lived in the first century AD (23 – 79). He wrote a massive work, Historia Naturalis, in 37 volumes. This work represents the first known Western encyclopedia. From the preface dedicated to the future emperor Titus, we learn that he used two thousand books in his work, from which he derived 20,000 … Read more
There will always be those who courageously sail the ocean of life to discover and explore new paths, because the human spirit is restless and always strives for higher and better. “To go as far as possible for a man to go. Reach further than any man before me…”, these are the words of Captain … Read more
In the hinterland of Zadar, southeast of Benkovac, is located one of the most important Liburnian, later Roman settlements in that area – Asseria. Asseria is surrounded by a stone ring with a length of about 2.5 kilometers, whose megalithic walls reach up to 7 meters in height and 3 meters in width. The weight … Read more
Today I saw the sea… A solitary figure, with rolling capital letters, Mother, Mothers – Mayas, Marys – reflected in the primal and watery substance that holds within its deep bosom the concealed origin of the most primitive forms of life. They say that Nature preserves symbols powerful enough to awaken the dormant souls of … Read more
(July 20, 1919 – January 11, 2008) The summit of Everest. An almost otherworldly beautiful place, endless silence, eternal snow and ice, gaping abysses, terrifying stormy winds, and air so thin that the human brain and lungs cannot function normally in it… As far as we know, it was first discovered by Sir Edmund Hillary … Read more
