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Godzilla, Tyrannosaurus rex and Raquel Welch’s bikini: The adventures of a geeky paleontologist
In the book ‘Dinosaurs and Other Animals,’ José Luis Sanz revisits the history of paleontology through its influence on the popular imagination
In the book ‘Dinosaurs and Other Animals,’ José Luis Sanz revisits the history of paleontology through its influence on the popular imagination
The legendary undead have blended into the Third Reich in popular fiction. But reading the memoirs of a Waffen-SS member from Transylvania sheds light on very real evil
The Bram Stoker Festival offers intense experiences for the fans of the king of vampires and his creator, as it traces the footprints of both in the Irish capital
In ‘Beyond,’ Walker chronicles the space race between the Soviet Union and the U.S. He masterfully reconstructs the epic flight of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to leave the Earth and point the way to the stars
A little vodka helps reenact a Cold War drama playing a Volkspolizei police officer
British historian Edward Shawcross presents a very readable biography of a royal caught up in an ill-fated imperial adventure
Historian Patricia González Gutiérrez, author of ‘Cunnus,’ explains that the concept of consent was alien to Romans
On vacation, free time awakens our curiosity and the capacity for observation, those daughters of boredom
SS Colonel Weber and the evil scientist Voller add special luster to the archaeologist’s latest adventure
The star of the ‘Black Sails’ pirate series is also the author of the popular ‘Sunder City’ fantasy novels
Historian Paul Andrew Hutton tells the story of 50 years of war, savagery and adventure on the final frontier of the American West
In ‘The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Middle Ages’, the British scholar debunks myths and offers surprising facts about medieval carnal relations
The popular star of ‘The Intouchables’ and double award winner at the recent BCN Film Fest in Barcelona does not consider himself a sex symbol at all
Klaus Esser, who teaches in a Barcelona center, believes that screens can detract more than they can contribute to children’s abilities
Novelist Massimiliano Colombo takes EL PAÍS on a tour of the Tullianum, the infamous underground prison where the warrior chief of Gaul languished for years awaiting execution, and now, the main setting of a magnificent new historical novel
The director of ‘Pulp Fiction’ spoke with EL PAÍS about the gun control debate in the United States and his love of Spanish cinema, among other subjects. He also acknowledged that he has a natural talent to create tension on-screen
Australian Jay Kristoff is the writer behind a monumental novel about the undead that at the same time pays tribute to and subverts the classics of the genre
In a new book by British historian Jerry Toner, a fictionalized Roman aristocrat takes readers on a ‘grand tour’ of the empire, exploring sites and attractions that early tourists once visited themselves, many now lost to time.
Amputated limbs, which according to sources were used to count dead warriors, have been excavated from three pits in a 15th dynasty palace at Avaris
Anti-Semitism and the Hitler regime’s obsession with the past of the Aryan peoples put the brakes on the study of the ancient Pharaonic civilization in Germany, despite what is shown in ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’
Sex, executions, assassinations and gossip populate the 1,500-plus pages of the historian’s ambitious book
With Hitler dead and the Nazi surrender two days away, a ragtag unit of Wehrmacht and GIs banded together to defend illustrious French prisoners at the Battle for Castle Itter
Journalist and author Ben Macintyre unveils the history of the famous fortress and points out that, among the prisoners of war, there was rampant classism, antisemitism, madness, sex, racism and betrayal
New clues and a recent novel have revived interest in Colonel Alexander von Scheele, who died in 1939 when his aircraft smashed into a mountainside
An initiative by British museums to use alternative terms for embalmed bodies is considered unnecessary by most Egyptologists consulted by this newspaper
Marie Vandenbeusch’s exhibition at Barcelona’s CaixaForum delves into the lives of six ancient people
In his book ‘The trails of a tiger’ expeditionist José Luis Rivera chronicles his experiences with the felines and discusses what can be done to protect them