Interiors of Marie Antoinette's apartments at Fontainebleau, designed by Pierre Rousseau in 1785–1786
Marie Antoinette's apartments at Fontainebleau and the design for their decoration by Pierre Rousseau, 1785-86.
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Since 2024 tourists in Hagia Sophia in Istanbul are admitted only to the upper gallery
A visit to the Cathedral of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul has turned into a rather melancholy affair. In 1934, by decree of Atatürk, the cathedral became a museum open to all, and in July 2020 the Turkish government restored the building's status as a working mosque, yet for
Chinese scientists use proteins to identify fossil bones from Xujiayao as Denisovan
Chinese scientists have established that fossil bones from the Xujiayao site in northern China belonged to Denisovans. The work was carried out by a team led by Fu Qiaomei of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences The Denisovans interbred with the ancestors of
Protesters break into the Colosseum in Rome after an antiwar march on 24 October
On 24 October, at about 17:40, a crowd of demonstrators forced its way into the Colosseum in Rome. According to the Italian Ministry of Culture, the monument was not damaged and nobody was injured. That day Rome saw an authorised march, "Fuori l'Italia dalla guerra"
Exhibition “Nicholas II: Family and Throne” from the Hermitage collection opens in Kazan
The Hermitage-Kazan Centre in the Kazan Kremlin has opened an exhibition, "Nicholas II: Family and Throne". It was prepared by the State Hermitage Museum and the Kazan Kremlin Museum-Reserve, and will run until 5 September 2027. According to Ilnur Rakhimov, director of the museum-reserve, this