Prabuddha Archive
How do we call someone the greatest inventor? That may be a misnomer since there are thousands of inventions that have had a far-reaching impact on human life in their own way. Nonetheless, we still consider some inventions as pathbreaking, those that changed our lives for the better. The greatest inventors are those whose inventions
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) is widely regarded as one of the most versatile geniuses to have ever walked the earth. He was an artist, inventor, architect and everything scientific. He was the quintessential ‘Renaissance man’ since his intellect and expertise cut across various disciplines. While the Leonardo da Vinci paintings are what he is best
History is not a subject that interests only archeologists, researchers, and those involved in the preservation of historical monuments and artefacts. History books are loved by people who want to know about the past and enrich their knowledge about important historical incidents and events. They are always on the hunt for the best history books
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is unarguably one of the greatest artists ever. He is considered among the most prominent icons of the Italian Renaissance. His artwork, paintings, and sculptures were a unique blend of physical realism, psychological insight, and scientific precision, rarely seen in the times before and after him. Michelangelo’s extraordinary talent was acknowledged by
Albrecht Durer was an extremely versatile and gifted German artist from the Renaissance period. He was a brilliant draftsman and writer as well. But his greatest impact was in the domain of printmaking. Durer worked as an apprentice to his father, a goldsmith, and with local painter Michael Wolgemut who produced woodcut illustrations for books
The ancient Egyptian civilization is known for its remarkable achievements in art and architecture, statecraft, engineering and medicine. The great buildings in and around Cairo are testimony to the vibrant life that the Egyptians used to follow. The Egyptian civilization that flourished on the banks of Nile was among the earliest in world history. The
“Rome was not built in a day”, is a popular idiom all of us have been hearing since childhood. And true to the words, the ancient Roman civilization spread over centuries from 753BC when Romulus founded Rome, till 476AD when Augustulus was abdicated and the city was taken over by the Goth. In a timeline
There’s something undeniably fascinating about watching things blow up. The monstrosity of an explosion satisfies our fetish for watching a destructive event. We watch rigged explosions happening in films, on TV, and even in some amusement parks. But a nuclear explosion beats all of them. Here are some of the biggest natural and man-made nuclear
The present is built on the past, and we, the people of the 21st century, owe much of our existence to the ancient civilizations that dotted the globe centuries ago. As interesting it is to document the artefacts and lifestyles of these societies, each layer spurts out interesting facts about the times the ancient people
While lesbian and gay couples have legal and social sanction in today’s emancipated societies, the situation was not the same even a century ago. Homosexuality in ancient times was largely forbidden and scorned. Several leading historians are still reluctant to acknowledge that many famous people in history were in fact homosexual. But notwithstanding the social
