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We have found an ancient bone in Córdoba. Some believe it is part of Hannibal’s war elephants.

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What the hell is the bone of an elephant that lived more than 2,000 years ago doing in a Córdoba site surrounded by ammunition for catapults and arrows like those used in the scorpions? The question arises, but it is what a team of researchers who have just signed have been guessing for years. a fascinating article in one of the most reputable archaeological magazines in the world. In it they slip that this mysterious proboscis bone unearthed by pure chance in Andalusia could be neither more nor less than the first test direct from the war elephants employed by the Carthaginian general Aníbal Barca. What is this bone? A question similar to that must have been asked. towards 2019 archaeologists who, during a emergency excavation to expand the Provincial Hospital of Córdoba, they found a peculiar bone fragment. The piece was not larger than a baseball (measures between 15 and 8 cm), preserved its porosity and peeked out from under what looked like a ruined adobe wall from the 3rd century BC, which probably facilitated its preservation. That archaeologists unearth a bone during a tasting (even a millennia old one) has little to offer. In this case, however, the fragment held several surprises. The first, its age: 2,250 years. The second (and this is where things get interesting) is its origin: the bone is neither more nor less than the carpal bone of an elephant, something like part of the ‘wrist’ of a proboscide that for some mysterious reason ended up in the Iberian Peninsula. “He has enormous interest.” The discovery was so exciting, opening up such promising scenarios, that in 2023 it already generated interest outside the academic circuit. In September of that year Rafael Martínez, professor of Prehistory at the University of Córdoba recognized to The Country the expectation around the bone. “It is of enormous interest given the practical absence of remains of elephants from a pre-Roman context in Europe, excluding ivory objects that were subject to trade and import,” he said enthusiastically. “In any case, this discreet bone can be interpreted as proof of the presence of these animals in the area of ​​current Córdoba between the 4th and 2nd centuries BC” By then the professor went one step further and ventured a fascinating hypothesis: “It could belong to the period of the Public Wars. It could be the first elephant discovered by Hannibal’s troops, but it cannot be certain.” There were still many questions on the table. For example, its chronology: it was estimated that the animal died between the end of the IV and I BC, a long period that left several possibilities open. Did the bone belong to a Punic elephant or was it more correct to frame it in times of Julius Caesar? Hunting for answers. The bone may be small, but scientists have not had an easy time analyzing it. To begin with, it has been difficult to specify its species. After a detailed examination they concluded that it must be a large specimen, larger than female Asian elephants. Specifically, they think of a Loxodonta pharaoensis (the Carthaginian elephant) an African subspecies extinct in Roman times. Maybe the name doesn’t tell you much, but they are animals. used by Hannibal for his passage through the Alps. The other great unknown. Once the species was clarified (more or less), another unknown remained: its antiquity. The bone was a challenge because it did not contain enough collagen and had not fossilized. That did not prevent a study from ending up revealing that the fragment dates from between end of the 4th and beginning of the 3rd BC Live Science It even goes further and precise that the extract in which the fragment was found (part of a fortified Iberian town known as oppida) can be dated approximately 2,250 years ago, at the beginning of the 3rd BC It is a key fact because it takes us back to a time before the founding of the Roman Cordoba and the turbulent times of Second Punic War (218-201 BC), when Carthage and Rome struggled to dominate the Mediterranean world. Click on the image to go to the tweet. Are there more clues? Yes. And they are just as interesting. Not only was the bone found at the site, protected by a demolished adobe wall. Archaeologists also discovered more than a dozen of bolaños, small projectiles that were used with catapults, and part of what appears to be a spear. They are clues that help complete the story and help to better understand the site, such as recognize researchers in Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. “The level of destruction fits well within an emerging pattern of events associated with the Second Punic War, some of which are attested in literary sources and some of which are not, spanning both siege warfare and open battlefield contexts,” they explain in statements to Phys. Why is it important? Because of the implications it has. In your article Martínez and the rest of his colleagues recall that the discovery seems “intimately linked to the events of the Second Punic War in Hispania” and slips a key idea: “This may represent the first known anatomical element of an elephant used by the Punic troops in this war in Europe.” If they are correct, we would be looking at a first-class find: the bone of one of the elephants of Hannibal’s troops in the Second Punic War. Is it so relevant? “It could be a historical milestone. There is no direct archaeological evidence of the use of these animals,” clarify Martinez to Live Science. The march led by Hannibal through Western Europe in his attack on Rome and the use of elephants as “war machines” during the Punic Wars it is a very popular episode, but direct and palpable evidence is not abundant. The episode of passage through the Alps We know it thanks to historians like Polybius or Titus Livy, but the strongest archaeological evidence today is traces. That … Read more

If the question is how to keep an empire together, the ancient Wari were clear: with psychedelic beer

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Archaeologists have found a key to better understand the Waria pre-Inca civilization that flourished among the 6th and 11th centuries AD and expanded throughout much of what is now Peru and areas of Argentina and Chile. The most curious thing is that the findings do not tell us about its architecture, military practices, social structure or economy, but about something apparently much simpler but crucial for the prosperity of the empire: the love of its bosses for psychedelic beer. Psychedelic beer? Exact. The concept is not new. We know that thousands of years ago The Egyptians already made cocktails with wine and hallucinogens (among other ingredients) and the hobby of the cultures pre-Inca cultures by psychoactive plants or the use of psychotropic substances in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican societies. The curious thing about the Wari is not so much what drugs they used but who did it and (above all) why. Its use would not be limited to priests in rituals, but would be used for political purposes. “We see this type of hallucinogen use as a different context than previous civilizations, which seem to have jealously reserved the use of hallucinogens for a select few, or the late Inca Empire that emphasized mass consumption of beer but did not use psychotropic substances such as vilca,” explains Professor Matthew Biwerwho in 2022 already published with other colleagues a study on the subject based on excavations in Quilcapampa (Peru). What did they consume? A mixture of chicha and vilca. To be more precise, an alcoholic drink made from the berries of the plant. Schinus molle and a psychedelic called Anadenanthera colubrina. Archaeologists are aware for a long time that the consumption of this last substance (vilca) dates back to at least 4,000 years ago, especially through pipes or inhaled such as monkfish. This is suggested by remains located in the Inca Cave, an Argentine site. In the Wari site of Quilcapampa, however, archaeologists have found vilca seeds near remains of chicha made with Schinus mollewhich leads them to think that the Wari not only consumed it with the help of pipes, but that they mixed it with chicha to drink it in psychedelic cocktails. Why is it important? Among other things, these concoctions served Wari leaders to show their power. By offering the mixture to their guests they were not only showing off their hospitality, they were also offering a luxury that was not available to everyone. Archaeologists located remains of vilca in Quilcampampa, but in reality the plant grows at hundreds of kilometers from there, in Ayacucho and Cusco. “The Wari added vilca to chicha to impress guests at their feasts, who could not repeat the experience. This created a relationship of debt between the Wari and their guests, probably from the surrounding region,” pointed out Professor Matthew Biwer years ago, when he published his first research. Was it useful for something else? Yes. And that’s what’s really interesting about a new study Posted by Jacob Keer and Justin Jennings in Magazine of American Archeologywhere they focus on another function of the psychedelic concoction based on chicha and vilca. According to their analysis, the cocktail helped the Wari leaders to consolidate their power. As? Organizing communal celebrations in which drinks were offered, fraternization feasts that were held in almost closed patios. “Except for a small patch of sky, they were isolated from the rest of the world in a high-walled interior space,” they relate researchers in your article. “This was the place where they spent hours together, drinking, eating, talking and praying. The hours that the participants spent together must have represented an unforgettable collective experience that forged strong bonds between those who attended.” What was it for? To strengthen ties. These feasts served Wari leaders to force alliances and consolidate their power. And not only because of the staging. Researchers have studied the effects that the psychedelic concoction may have had on attendees, increasing their empathy, facilitating the creation of long-term bonds and smoothing out rough edges in an expanding empire. “Although archaeologists are paying increasing attention to the role of psychedelics in past societies, they devote little time to their long-term psychological effects. One of these effects is neuroplasticity, which can lead to long-lasting prosocial feelings,” the study points outwhich highlights that the “glow” after consuming vilca (an effect that lasted for days) could help unify communities, “playing a fundamental role in the Wari government.” The combination of vilca and beer would in fact help to partially reduce the psychedelic effects, but prolong them over time. Do you all agree? The researchers suggest that people who consumed the psychedelic cocktail showed “greater openness and empathy”, an advantageous attitude in an empire in which “people who had been strangers or even enemies” coexisted. However, not everyone sees it equally clearly. Live Science recently interviewed to several experts, outside the study, who do not hide their skepticism. Among other reasons because they do not see enough evidence that the Wari mixed vilca and beer. It is true that remains were found nearby and there was no trace of pipes or any other indication that the vilca was consumed in the traditional way, but they are missing overwhelming evidence, such as ceramic fragments that preserve both compounds. Images | Wikipedia In Xataka | The Incas did not need writing to forge an empire. And we are closer to solving the key object in your organization

Canopo’s decree is one of the greatest mysteries to solve the ancient Egypt. And finally we have a key track to understand it

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Egyptologists and especially those scholars dedicated to the study of hieroglyphs and The Ptolemaic dynasty They are in luck. And rightly. A team of archaeologists has located in the site of Tell el-Faran´inin the city of The Husseiniya (Sharqia), an unparalleled treasure in the last century and a half. Not because of the materials with which it is manufactured or its lavishness. No. The key is what he says, how he says it and above all what he does not say. What experts have found is neither more nor less than a famous stone trail Canopo decree. Of course, a very special. What is Canopo’s decree? A Egyptian decree promulgated by the king Ptolemy III Evergetes on a deck of 238 AC, in full Ptolomeics dynasty. The document was written after the high priests met in the city of Canopusto the east of Alexandria, to honor the monarch, his wife Berenice and the little daughter of both, who died by those same dates. It may sound boring, but the decree has been fascinating the Egyptologists. The text exalts the figure of the monarchs (“The benevolent gods”), their donations, campaigns and veneration in the temples. Also of more practical issues, such as the decision to lower taxes those years in which crops did not receive enough water from the Nile, or the creation of a new priestly range and a religious holiday. Another of the ads that it collects is the deification of the deceased daughter of Ptolemy III Evergetes and Berenice, which was called as her mother. Does it say anything else? Yes. Among other issues, the introduction of a new system of leap years which would add an extra day every four years to adjust it to religious rituals. Ptolemy III wanted that additional day to commemorate him and his wife, but the idea He didn’t finish curdling. Today it reminds us how advanced Egyptian astronomy was and how it advanced to Julian calendarintroduced by Julio César in the 46 AC replacing the Roman. Beyond what he says, the decree is valuable for how he says it. The document makes it clear that its content should be expressed in stelae that mixed three different writing systems: Egyptian hieroglyphs, The demotic and The Greek Koiné. The copies should also be distributed among the main temples for the edict to reach every corner of the kingdom. When in the nineteenth century the archaeologist Karl Richard Lepsius He discovered one of those specimens in Tanis, he found a valuable help to decipher the hieroglyphs. So or even more than Rosetta stone. How is the new wake? Of sandstone, 127.5 centimeters high and 83 wide, with a thickness of 48. Its upper part is rounded and, in addition to the registration of the central section, distributed over 30 hieroglyph lines carved in relief, the stone shows some interesting decorations. The design is crowned by a large winged solar disk flanked by two royal cobras that show the white and red crowns of Egypt, symbol of the union of the two lands. In the center, an inscription stands out in which “Di-Ank” can be read, a message that could be translated as “the one that gives life.” Why does the finding matter? Because the copies of Canopo decree do not abound. Or at least we have not found them. As remember The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt, the wake found in Tell el-Faran´in will join the other six known and unearthed versions inKom el-hisn, Tanis either Tell enough. Some are complete. Another are just fragments. “This discovery is considered the most significant of its kind in more than 150 years, since since then no new and complete version of the decree has been found,” Underline. Does it differ in something? Yes. And that is one of the reasons why the wake recovered in Tell el-Faran´in has generated so much interest. Although the decree of Ptolemy III made it clear that it should be captured in stelae that combined the three writing systems (hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek), the specimen we just found shows only one. This was confirmed by Mohamed Ismail Khaled, of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, who Clarify that the wake is written “entirely in hieroglyphs”, which differentiates it from other previous trilingual versions. What is it for? Beyond the obvious historical, archaeological and patrimonial value of the finding, Tell el-Faran´in wake has a key utility. From the outset, it has served the Egyptian Minister of Antiquities, Sherif Fathy, to breastfeed for the “continuous achievements” of the archaeological missions of the country and the “support” of the government to the excavation campaigns, something that feels especially good in full controversy by the Tourist megaproject of the Sinai. Political issues apart, scholars are relying on squeezing the content of the wake. The authorities expect them to help them expand their knowledge about the real and religious documents of the Ptolemaic era and “enrich” the understanding of that historical period. If something has aroused interest, it is, however, that the stone includes a single writing system, which seems an exception to the norm that includes the decree. “Open new horizons for our understanding of the language and provides additional information about Ptolemaic decrees, as well as about real and religious ceremonial systems,” Add the government. Images | Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Egypt government and Wikipedia In Xataka | A 2,000 -year -old cup has revealed an unexpected facet of the Egyptians: psychedelic cocktails

If the question is “how ancient Rome smelled” the answer is “yes”

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Smelling a colony, a room or a plate of food causes our mind to jump and travel over time. It is something tremendously powerful And that has led to investigate ways to smell video games, The cinema either to the Internet. These systems existed And, although it would be the definitive immersive experience, None finished curdlingPerhaps the problem is that we don’t want to sniff certain things. And, definitely, something we would not want to experience is the smell of ancient Rome. It smelled strong. Thomas Derrick, a doctor at Macquarie University in Australia, believes that ancient Rome would have been extremely smelly for Anyone of today. In statements a RNZthe researcher specialized in people’s daily lives during that historical period in Rome believes that “it probably smelled quite bad.” Ok, but … to what extent? “You would smell human waste mixed with smoke resulting from the burning of firewood, animal droppings and other things rotting and decomposing.” And the sewers? The problem is that there was not a single source of those bad smells, being the result of a stinky combination not particularly pleasant. Rome had a sewer system (the ‘Maximum sewer‘It is an example), but not some sewers like the ones we can imagine to carry the waste of the latrines to a black well or something like that, but something more similar to a river drain to evacuate the stagnant water of the public areas. Derrick says in an article to The conversation that “we can assume, with enough security, that the owners did not have latrines connected to the sewers in the big cities, perhaps by fear of the entrance of rodents or the bad odors.” In addition, they did not have valves such as those that currently prevent things from the sewer, so the gases that originated from the waste, such as methane, could enter the houses. And considering that lamps with a flame were used, The danger of explosion was there. Nothing was wasted. Most likely, the most humble had a nearby black well. And, in addition to the feces, it must be taken into account that the garbage could also be thrown into the same place … or directly to the street, as was the case with urine, thrown from the windows of the buildings of several floors. Apart from human waste, there were work animals that were used regularly in cities that They did their things in the streetsas well as decomposition corpses of both these animals and people. And what is garbage for the vast majority, for others it is a “treasure.” There were professionals who collected stool to use them as fertilizers, but urine could also be used to wash clothes. That urine is still rich in ammonia, so could be used to disinfect. Patches for poop. If the streets were up of excrement (and what are not excrements, another question that arises is how they could walk through them without ending up to the stool knees. The answer they found was the placement of large stones in the streets to dodge both the mud and the waste. Pompeya is one of the places where you can see these “stones to cross”, a cobblestone that also allowed a simpler step for animals that were used to load or for tasks such as moving the large stone mills that were used in the bakeries. Again, more animals … and more waste. Humanity. Derrick says that this nausebound smell of the big Roman cities was not only due to the feces of each other. “Roman settlements would have strongly smelled of body sweat,” he says. Also demystify that Image of Roman public bathsaffirming that they were not as hygienic as we can think if we visited the ruins of some of them. And yes, although they were places where you could carry out hygienic activities, especially were meeting points in which it defined and ate, pulling the remains to the ground. In addition, although the Romans knew the soap, they preferred to scratch the skin with a bronze curved tool called strígile and use perfumed olive oil for personal hygiene. And the mixture of oil and dead skin was thrown (again) to the ground or water. And since water and oil are not mixed, when the water disappeared, only that greasy mejunje remained. The author comments that the bathrooms, “were surely quite dirty places.” That tool would be strígile There were always classes. The elites could have more refined customs and even use perfumes that, yes, existed in ancient Rome. To elaborate them, they mixed animal and plant fats and they were impregnated with aromas such as roses, cinnamon, lilies, incense or saffron. They could bring spices to India thanks to the vast Commercial networks of the Empireand if these perfumes were applied in the human body, they mixed with body smell to work for something … different. Where they were used with more olfactory success it was in the statues, since they sought to enhance that aroma of the gods and goddesses with perfumes that exalted the cult of deities. What is clear is that what for us would be something nauseabundo, for the ancient Romans was everyday, the smell of the home. Do you remember the Maximum sewer? That class difference was also there: while the popular classes had blind wells, some Domus rich did have direct connection with the sewerage system. And now I can’t stop imagining how to smell some lentils reminds me of winter afternoons when I was little … and how for a Roman legionary away from home, smelling a swamp could make him think “as at home, nowhere.” Images | Pinterest (Peter Connolly), Featuredpics In Xataka | While modern concrete cracks within a few decades, the Pantheon of Agrippa has been standing for 2,000 years: myths and realities of Roman concrete

Felipe II wanted to build an XXL channel from Madrid to Lisbon. Now the city has recovered it inspired by ancient Egypt

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When the workers are excavated in a city with the solera and patrimonial wealth of Madrid the ground can become a box of surprises. The team in charge of the expansion of Metro Line 11, which during its excavations at the future Madrid Rio station recently proved it. He found himself With a wall of the Real Canal del Manzanares, the Gran river path dreamed by Felipe II. The structure has value, that was clear from the beginning, but it was so delicate and was in such a complicated area that a doubt arose: how to rescue it? Simple: ‘Looking’ to Ancient Egypt. Underground Award. If Spanish architects know something, it is that when you hurt a shovel in a city and excavas enough it is not strange that archaeological remains begin to emerge. It has happened in the works of Expansion of line 11 of the Madrid Metro. A few months ago The operators who are responsible for horating the ground for the future underground network and the Madrid Rio station found more than rocks: they located remains of the Real Canal del Manzanares. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Curious yes, surprising no. The finding is interesting and will help us know better The old channeling who aspired to connect Madrid and Lisbon with barges, but did not catch off experts. “It has been no surprise to meet this section of the channel here,” I commented In spring a The country Archaeologist Esther Andreu. It is not the first finding in the environment and experts have been in charge of keeping tables and examining the area with laser scanners. What is the real channel? Maybe The craziest dream From Felipe II, that one day, back in the 16th century, he wondered why he could not have Madrid his own port with the Atlantic. Sounds macarronic, but what the monarch had in mind was to imitate the model of locks and channels he had seen In Flanders and create a river route that connected Madrid with Aranjuez and then continue through the Tagus to Lisbon … and America. The project, huge, required a 600 km navigable route capable of saving 650 m slope, as Pedro Gargantilla requires in ABC. With honey on the lips. The project advanced and In 1584 Felipe II himself came to travel from Madrid to Aranjuez to verify in situ the progress of the company. However, neither its real effort, nor that of the engineer behind the project, Juan Bautista AntonelliNor the implication of the monarchs that followed Felipe II on the throne (especially Carlos III) served to make the structure reach the size with which the Austria dreamed. Stayed in a channel of 22 kilometers of extension (far from the initial objective), 14 meters wide and three of draft, with ten locks, header, jetty and houses for workers. Against the project they played several factors, in addition to their considerable technical complexity. The first varapalo was the death of Antonelli in 1588, which happened complications with financing, the distancing Politician with Portugal and, already advanced time, in the 19th century, the growing competition of the railroad, which caused the infrastructure Stay in disuse. That did not prevent the Royal Channel from remembered as an emblematic project whose remains, as Metro has verified, continue to rest under the feet of Madrid. What to do with the remains? The million dollar question. The wall has a heritage and historical value, that is clear, so it would not be unreasonable to do the same as in other stations and expose the vestiges in Madrid Río itself. But one thing is to remove and handle wood remains, small stones or metal parts and a very different manipulate a structure of several tons. How to move it? How to get it out of its original site without destroying it? The questions are brought because, like Andreu explains in ABCin the unearthed section the Royal Channel was about nine meters wide and 1.5 deep. “It was not very deep, it passed parallel to the Manzanares channel. The water flowed because it was built at the same water table of the river,” he recalls. Before the Brete of having to move that huge structure without deteriorating it, those responsible for the project made a curious decision: ‘look’ to ancient Egypt. “A very complicated order”. The company perhaps scared other archaeologists, but not Miguel Ángel López Marcoswith extensive experience in the recovery of the colossi of Amenophis III in Luxor and that it has already been involved in the ‘rescue’ of other pieces of the Madrid heritage, such as The last vestiges from the San Gil barracks. That callus and previous knowledge have helped him to face the Real Canal project, a task that admits, it was not simple. “The commission was very complicated by the situation of the wall embedded in the tunnel and the characteristics of the fragile and mechanical resistance,” account. Metal cage and steel rollers. How did he solve it? The first conclusion reached by López Marcos is that “the extraction should be in block.” “Disassembly would cause the disintegration of the wall, which does not have the necessary consistency,” Clarify The expert before pointing out that conventional engineering lacks resources to “guarantee” the conservation of that kind of structures. It is nothing new. The same challenge has already been found in Egypt, where he can often resort to heavy machinery that facilitates the task. To solve it López Marcos and his companions had to pull ingenuity. The team designed a protective cage, a shield that allowed it to dig under the structure and dispose of a base with steel bars. Everything firm enough to endure a 14 tons structure. Hydraulic beams and cats allowed them to advance the operation and descend the remains of the wall at a sufficient height to move it to a crane truck. To facilitate the movement of the cage with the stones the team also handled steel rollers. Objective: … Read more

Someone wants to convert an ancient communist fort in the middle of the Adriatic into a resort for millionaires: the Trump family

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In the heart of the Mediterranean, a Albanian island that was closed to the world for decades by its military past, is about to transform into one of the destinations more exclusive on the planet. The Trump family, through Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, has bought Sazan, a small island of just over 5.7 square kilometers in front of the coast of Albania and its intention is to turn it into A luxury shelter Only suitable for millionaires. The operation, valued at more than one billion euros, has caught international attention not only for the magnitude of the investment, but for the symbolism that An ancient communist fort become the new whim of 1% richer of the world population. A past of bunkers and communist paranoia In 2021, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner ran into Sazan during a yacht holiday for the Gulf of Vallea, just 30 kilometers from the city of Vlora in Albania. As the millionaire counted in the podcast De Lex Fridman, both were fascinated by the island’s sunrises and for their intact landscape covered with ferns, lavender, broom and laurel. That is why the couple decided to bet strongly on this corner Virgen del Mediterraneo. Shortly after, they closed the purchase of those 567 hectares uninhabited for just over one billion euros. However, Sazan was not always the uninhabited paradise that is today. Such and as they counted in The Guardianduring The communist regime of Inver Hoxha, that governed Albania Between 1944 and 1985, the island was a Strategic military enclave isolated from the continent and inhabited by about 150 military families. The Albanian ruler lived obsessed with the idea of ​​an imperialist invasion of its territory, so it ordered to pierce the entrails of the island with about 16 kilometers of tunnels and build around 3,600 concrete bunkers, which still splashed the landscape as scars of that time. The military and their families lived virtually incommunicado, surrounded by fortifications and underground supplies and always vigilant views waiting for some enemy submarine to emerge with bad intentions. The island It was used For the Italian Finanza Guard in the 1990s to combat drug trafficking and people, and it was not until December 2024 when he officially left be a military base. The importance of being called Trump The Trump family project would not have been possible without the determined support of the Tirana government. According to Posted by La Prensa Albansa, Prime Minister Edi Rama has publicly defended the initiative as a strategic opportunity for the country. “We cannot allow ourselves not to take advantage of a gift. Albania needs luxury tourism as the desert needs water,” Rama said, underlining the importance of attracting international investments and positioning Albania as high -level tourist destination. The Government has granted Affinity Partners, managed by Donald Trump’s son -in luxury shelter Reserved for Millionaires. This status implies tax advantages, support in public infrastructure and an accelerated processing of permits and regulations. The project provides for the creation of about 1,000 direct jobs, a relevant figure for the local economy in which, According to data of the ‘World Tourism Barometer‘From 2024, Albania earns greater importance as a holiday destination. As They point from Bloomberg, it is not strange that the Trump family has obtained green light for this project right now that the patriarch of the clan occupies the oval office of the White House. Luxury, exclusivity and environmental controversy The project ‘Sazan Island Touristic Resort‘promises to transform the island into a private paradise, with Villas embedded in the cliffsfive -star hotels backed by the prestigious chain Aman, and a coast reserved only for the activities of the most exclusive guests. The design is designed to attract a clientele willing to pay fortunes for privacy and personalized services. According to the Plans presentedin the first phase only 45 of the 567 hectares will be urbanized, maintaining the rest of the island and its hiking trails as a protected environment. The first project designs show a constructed villas complex respecting the steep orography of the island, and integrating them into the environment so that the landscape and local flora are altered as little as possible. However, since it is a protected natural enclave, the project is not exempt from controversy. Environmental groups have raised the voice Against the transformation of Sazanarguing that “the island is a natural enclave that must be preserved” and warning of the ecological impact that the massive arrival of yachts and tourists of high purchasing power will have. “This area is in the Karaburun-Sazan Maritime Park. This means that beaches and waters within a radius of the coast are protected. What consequences will great public works, the construction of docks, yacht traffic and wastewater discharge in this place? ” Olsi NikaMarina Biologist and director of the NGO Ecoalbania to The Guardian. In addition, before the Ishulli I Trumpëve (Trump Island), as the locals already call it, can open its doors, it will be necessary The invasion would arrive aboard huge supereyates and armed with huge bundles of tickets in the pockets. In Xataka | Albania wants to found a new independent microstate in its capital: a Muslim Vatican that allows alcohol Image | Genesis Studio

How to unlock ancient iPhone when they are deactivated and tells you to try again in years

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Let’s explain How to unlock the old iPhone They have operating system versions prior to iOS 17. From that version you can configure the iPhone so that if you put the security code bad many times you can restore it or the iPhone is reset. But with the previous versions that does not happen. In versions prior to iOS 17, if you make many mistakes with the security code the iPhone is blocked for several minutes, or even hours. And in some extreme cases, for many years. That is why we are going to tell you the alternative you have if it has happened to you on an ancient iPhone with a system before iOS 17. I already warn that it is not a perfect solution, since requires restoring the iPhone. This means that you will lose all the data in it if you did not make a backup before it was blocked. But well, at least you can use it again. Recover an iPhone blocked for years When you have an iPhone blocked completely and extremely, with a message telling you that you have to wait several years to recover it, the only easy way to recover it is Restore it completely on your ownlosing all the data that is not in a backup. For that, you will need to have a mac with macOS 10.15 Catalina or posterior and the Finder tool. If your MAC has macOS 10.14 MOJAVE or a lower version, you need to have itunes installed. You can also do it with Windowsas long as you lower the application Apple devices. Now, you have to Force the restart of your iPhonewhat is known as a hard reset. To do so, press and release the volume up button and then lower it, then hold the ignition button until the off option appears. If your iPhone has an Home buttonthen just hold the ignition button until the screen shows you the option to pay. Now, connect the iPhone to your computer with a cable. In doing so, open the application Finder, iTunes either Apple devices Depending on the computer you have as we explain at the beginning. When you access the screen, click on the iPhone icon on the list of locations. This will take you to your iPhone’s options, and you must click on Restore To do it on the device. This will begin the process of restoring the iPhone, format it to delete all data and reinstall iOS to stay as if you just bought it. It is possible that in the process you ask you to write the iPhone security code, but if you do not remember you can use other methods such as the password of your Apple account.

Spotify prepares a new subscription option, according to Bloomberg. Music Pro will come true the ancient Hifi audio promise

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It seems that this time is serious. Spotify could be closer to comply His former promise to offer higher quality audio to its users. Bloomberg points out that the Swedish firm is preparing a subscription option called Music Pro that will include this and other improvements for those who seek an experience a step beyond Premium. The sources consulted by the aforementioned medium say that Spotify is still working on the price and in the schedule, but they hope to launch the new level at the end of this year for additional $ 5.99 in the United States. At this time it is not clear if the supposed novelties will expand to other markets, including the European Union. Good news for audiophiles In the best case, paying a subscription and listening through the application, Spotify offers sound in AAC format with a quality equivalent to 320 kbps. Taking into account that the loss -less audio bits rate begins around 1,411 kbps, this shows how compressed are Spotify files. And while the service created by Daniel EK has the largest number of planet users, several less popular alternatives offer higher quality audio. There are Apple Music, Amazon Music HD or Tidal, who have been betting on this ideal possibility for audiophiles for a long time. Spotify will seek to make a difference with its new proposal. In addition to offering better quality audio, streaming service will allow subscribers to mix songs by different artists. For this characteristic it will use artificial intelligence, but it will not be the only thing. The additional payment of $ 5.99 The door will open to buy tickets for pre -sale concerts or access better seats. In any case, there is no official confirmation, so we will have to wait to know if this will end up materializing. Even having an official confirmation the ideal would be to wait. In its 2021 Stream On event, Spotify announced with bombs and dishes that would offer “Music with CDs without losses” at the end of that year. Four years have passed since that announcement, and not only the promise is still not fulfilled, but the video in which Billie Eilish participated, which was originally on YouTube, It has disappeared (Now it is private). In addition, la page with more details also It has been eliminated. Over time we will know what will really happen. Images | @felipepelaquim | Sound Tools In Xataka | Huawei Freebuds Pro 4, Analysis: The best way to summarize these headphones is with a word and that is “Chapó”

Of the seven wonders of the ancient world, there is one that we do not know where it is. That makes it the most fascinating of all

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Of the Seven wonders of the world Old, alone The Great Guiza Pyramid is still standing. The others, destroyed since ancient times, They have left archaeological traces or detailed historical records. Except for one: The pendant gardens of Babylon. The structure is still involved in an enigma: without conclusive archaeological evidence or mentions in contemporary Babylonian inscriptions, its existence is a subject of speculation among historians. Between the myth and the lost wonder. The pendant gardens of Babylon have been for centuries A symbol of greatness and ingenuity of antiquity. The best known version says that They were supposedly built by King Nebuchadnezzar II in the sixth century ac As a gift for his wife Amytis, who missed the vegetation of his homeland. We talked about gardens that were described as a feat of engineering, with terraces covered with lush vegetation and an advanced irrigation system. The problem? That as we said, despite their status as One of the seven wonders of the ancient worldwe don’t have Not a single conclusive archaeological test that once existedwhich has generated a debate about whether they were a tangible reality or simply a historical exaggeration. Moreover, Not even Herodoto, the “father of history”, mentions them in His descriptions of Babylon. Plus: The sources that support this theory are Greek and Roman, written centuries after the supposed existence of the gardens. In this regard, Flavio Josephus, based on the Babylonian Babylonian priest, described a “pendant paradise” within the walls of Babylonbut, again, without contemporary evidence, this story remains uncertain. Babylon: the city (above); The pendant gardens of Babylon (below) The mystery of its location. Although tradition places the gardens in Babylon, near the current to Hillah in Iraq, excavations have not found concrete evidence of it. The German archaeologist Robert Koldewey thought he had found his foundations in a vaulted structure In the South Palace, with robust walls and evidence of wells, but today most experts rule out this theory, suggesting that it was actually a warehouse. Gardens Representation Another hypothesis. Raised by academic Stephanie Dalleyfrom the University of Oxford, the story suggests that the hanging gardens They were not in Babylon, but in Nineive, north of Mesopotamiaand that they were the work of King Assyrian Senaquerib. According to their analysis of cuneiform inscriptions and reliefs that show channels and vegetation in Nineveh, the Assyrians would have built monumental gardens with an advanced system of aqueducts and water elevation. The “but”: the confusion in this case, Dalley holdsit originated when the Assyrians conquered Babylon in the 689 AC, Reboutizing Nineve. In other words, this theory raises the possibility that ancient historians confused the monarchs and territories in their stories. So myth or reality? As we said, the descriptions of the gardens They speak of a series of terraces supported by stone columns and a complex hydraulic system that allowed irrigation in full desert. Some scholars consider that such structure would have been difficult to sustain with the technology available at the time, which reinforces the possibility that its existence could have been a propaganda myth to enlarge the power of Babylon. The unfathomable wonder. Thus, if the gardens really existed, their disappearance remains a real mystery. Estrabón mentioned that for the first century ac were in ruinsand some suggest that Alexander the Great planned to restore them before his death. Over time, as some point, changes in the course of the Euphrates River could have buried any evidence underwater. If you want also, and despite uncertainty, The legend of hanging gardens He has endured as a kind of symbol of human ambition to create beauty in hostile environments. Be a myth or a lost wonder, its history continues to captivate generations of explorers, historians and dreamers. At least, a privileged place in history has been secured as The most enigmatic of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Image | Fantasy Art, Wikimedia, Dorotheum In Xataka | 7 Wonders of Antiquity today Derrupted, rebuilt in these fantastic GIFS In Xataka | Ancient Egypt had something more impressive than its pyramids: a colossal death industry

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