Empires

Sudden Death, Álvaro Enrigue’s previous novel to appear in English, spun an audacious patchwork of historical reflection around the tale of a tennis match – really a barely disguised duel – between the painter Caravaggio and a Spanish noble in 16th-century Rome.The US-based Mexican writer toys once more with the factual record in You Dreamed of Empires, an imaginative riff on the foundation of Mexico City by the conquistador Hernán Cortés after the sack of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlán in 1521, one of the threads of…

Skull of an individual of East African ancestral origin found in Viminacium, with the oil lamp featuring an eagle found in his tomb. Credit: Miodrag (Mike) GrbicA study exploring the Balkans’ genomic history reveals profound Anatolian and Slavic demographic influences during the first millennium, reshaping our understanding of the region’s past through a blend of archaeogenetics and historical data.A multidisciplinary study has reconstructed the genomic history of the Balkan Peninsula during the first millennium of the…

A monument stands in the old Aztec marketplace of Tlatelolco, near the centre of modern-day Mexico City. It commemorates the 1521 battle where the Spanish overcame the army of the last Aztec emperor, Cuauhtémoc. But it was “neither a triumph nor a defeat”, the engraving on the monument reads. “It was the painful birth of the Mestizo people which is Mexico today.” This origin story is where Mexican author Álvaro Enrigue’s new novel, You Dreamed of Empires, levels its gaze.The Spanish killed Cuauhtémoc’s father-in-law,…

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View of the Interamna Lirenas excavation from above and from the North. Photograph taken in September 2023. The remains of the theater can be seen in the center, with the remains of the basilica behind it. Credit: Alessandro Launaro A rare roofed theater, markets, warehouses, a river port and other startling discoveries made by a Cambridge-led team of archaeologists challenge major assumptions about the decline of Roman Italy.…

This photograph shows a Roman aqueduct that supplied water to Viminacium, a large Roman city. Credit: Carles Lalueza-Foz A multidisciplinary study has reconstructed the genomic history of the Balkan Peninsula during the first millennium of the common era, a time and place of profound demographic, cultural and linguistic change. The team has recovered…

During a break in rehearsals for Simple Minds’ 2020 arena tour, conversation turned to the fact that the guitarist Charlie Burchill had moonlighted on saxophone on the band’s early records. Their drummer, Cherisse Osei, was intrigued. With some reluctance – Burchill likens his youthful forays on the sax to “the cat getting strangled” – he played Osei Twist/Run/Repulsion. A sound collage lurking with menaces on the second side of their 1980 album, Empires and Dance, Burchill’s foghorn alarums vie with a sickly semitone…

Image Source : KRAFTON KRAFTON launches Road To Valor: Empires tournament, winner to get 10 Lakhs KRAFTON, Inc., the renowned South Korean video game developer, has recently unveiled the inaugural Road To Valor: Empires Open Championship, featuring an impressive prize pool of Rs 10 lakhs. The realm of strategy gaming in India has experienced a notable upswing in…

The South Korean video game developer Krafton has announced the first Road To Valor: Empires Open Championship with a total prize pool of Rs 10 lakhs. The company claims that strategy gaming in India has witnessed a surge and this tournament aims to provide a platform for players to refine their skills and make a mark in the world of Esports.Speaking about the championship, Sean Hyunil Sohn, CEO of Krafton India, said, “We are thrilled to announce the Road To Valor: Empires Open Championship and the launch of KRAFTON…

Krafton's Road to Valor: Empires strategy game is rolling out the second update that focuses on enhancing the game’s user interface and bringing improvements to units. The South Korean video game company, which also developed Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), also said that the game has crossed 3.35 lakh downloads since its launch in March 2023. The real time player-versus-player strategy game is available for download on Android and iPhones. At its launch, the company claimed that the mobile title “has been reimagined…