As Greek mythology goes, the universe was once a big soup of nothingness. Then, two things happened: either Chaos or Gaia created the universe as we know it, or Ouranos and Tethys gave birth to the first beings.
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Mauro
Poma
Mauro Poma is a qualified tour guide of Rome, a writer and a lecturer. He has got two degrees: one in History and Conservation of the Artistic and Archaeological Heritage and one in Political Sciences. In the last decade he has been called as speaker in numerous conferences about Rome at the Dante Alighieri, the most prestigious Italian cultural association in the world. Aside from working as a successful tour guide of Rome for the most important tour operators, he also gives lectures for schools and other associations.
His first book, 'Alla scoperta del Colosseo', was published in Italy in 2017 (Edizioni Helicon, Arezzo). The enlarged and revised edition is also available in English as 'Discovering the Colosseum' (2021) available from Amazon. He has just finished writing his third book.
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