EN_ On February 1st 1918 Incas, the last specimen of Carolina parakeet, died in its cage of the Cincinatti zoo, the same cage where Martha, the last passenger pigeon, had passed away just 4 years earlier. So this year marks the 100th Anniversary of the...
EN_ The fourth emblem was the most colourful of them all. A flock of macaws of different species surrounded a male figure with a golden helmet, everything set in a lush tropical background. ES_ El cuarto emblema era el más colorido. Una bandada de guacamayos de...
EN_ The third emblem was more difficult to decipher. It showed a tanned woman in an exotic headdress, surrounded by flowers. The figure of a bull completed the background. ES_ El tercer emblema era más difícil de descifrar. Mostraba a una mujer bronceada con un curioso...
EN_ The second one was easy. Everyone knew the once glorious Egyptian kingdom, lost so long ago. What seemed weird is the fact tha it was depicted at the same level as the other emblems. Was it also a colony of a greater civilization? ES_ El...
EN_ Below the small emblems, a series of bigger ones seemed to depict colonies of greater importance. The first one showed what looked like a prince surrounded by flowers. ES_ Debajo de esta serie de emblemas aparecían otros de mayor tamaño, describiendo lo que parecían ser...
EN_ The human figure in the fourth emblem, of Nordic origin, seemed to be depicted in front of a raging storm or sea. The remains of a fifth emblem could also be seen next to it, but it was impossible to decipher. ES_ Una cuarta figura...
EN_ The third emblem depicted a jewelled figure, probably of African origin, standing in front of stylized vegetation. It seemed to be holding a yellow sphere with a hand. ES_ La tercera figura representaba una figura de origen probablemente africano, delante de un fondo de vegetación....
EN_ The second of the smaller emblems depicted some kind of human figure holding fishes, set against a wavy background. ES_ El segundo de los emblemas representaba una figura humana sujetando una serie de pescados sobre un fondo de olas. ...
EN_ The mural showed 2 rows of triangular emblems, the top one depicting what looked like smaller tribes or colonies. The first one showed a bearded man surrounded by flowers. ES_ El mural mostraba dos filas de escudos triangulares. La fila superior parecía representar tribus o...
EN_ The entrance led to a pyramid-shaped room with a damaged mural on one of the walls. A series of triangular emblems depicted what looked like ancient tribes or cultures. All these emblems radiated from a common source, but the top of the mural had...