Books · Observations
Everything Finest That Men Have Said Was Said in Greek
The French writer Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
Alexandr Radayev
Archive · Books · Monarchies · Moscow
"And having so taken counsel, they came together at Moscow…": The first mention of Moscow in the Patriarchal (Nikon) Chronicle for 1147, from a manuscript presumably compiled at the Trinity-Sergius Monastery from the mid-14th century
"In the year 6655. Grand Prince Yury of Suzdal, son of Vladimir Monomakh, grandson of Vsevolod, great-grandson of Yaroslav, great-great-grandson of Vladimir the Great, gathered an host, and went and took the town of Novy Torg, and along the river Msta laid waste many districts; and
Moscow · Pop Culture · Saint Petersburg
Neil Tennant learned the Russian alphabet at 14, and West End Girls traces Lenin's route
The Pet Shop Boys in Red Square, Moscow, in 1993, during the filming of the video for Go West. The lads have loved Russia for a long time. Neil Tennant, the duo's singer, has said that he learned the Russian alphabet at the age of 14, simply out
Art · Madrid · Museums · Society
Spaniard arrested in Madrid over sale of fake portrait of Trivulzio
A Spanish citizen has been arrested in Madrid on suspicion of involvement in a deal to sell a fake Leonardo da Vinci. The fraudster planned to sell in Milan a portrait of the Italian military commander and patron of the arts Gian Giacomo Trivulzio for 1.4 million dollars. The
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Griboyedov's arrest in 1826, his interrogation about Russian dress and his release
In 1826 Griboyedov was arrested on the testimony of Prince Trubetskoy, who had named him among the members of a secret society. Alexander Griboyedov was interrogated by General Vasily Vasilyevich Levashov, a veteran of Borodino. Among other things, Griboyedov was asked at the interrogation: - In what sense and to what
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Bourdelle’s “Hannibal’s First Victory” in Montauban and the Eagle in Flaubert’s “Salammbô”
In French Montauban there is an Ingres-Bourdelle Museum, named for the city's two most famous sons. For a hundred and fifty years the museum bore only the name of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, whose collection formed the basis of its holdings; now Bourdelle, the second distinguished native
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The State Coat of Arms: the Double-Headed Eagle and the State Seal in the Manuscript "Titulyarnik" or "The Great Sovereign's Book" of 1672
The State Coat of Arms: the Double-Headed Eagle and the State Seal in the manuscript book "Titulyarnik" or "The Great Sovereign's Book" of 1672. Pen, watercolours, shell gold. Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts. In this historical and diplomatic reference work, presented to
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Alexander the Great Spared Mount Athos from the Plan of His Architect Dinocrates, Who Wished to Turn It into a Colossal Statue of Alexander Holding a City and a Bowl Pouring Water into the Sea
Alexander the Great spared Mount Athos from the plan of his architect Dinocrates, who wished to turn it into a colossal statue of Alexander holding a city and a bowl pouring water into the sea. By Alexander's will, Dinocrates left Athos untouched and designed Alexandria instead
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The English astrologer William Lilly predicted the fall of the Stuart dynasty, and the prediction came true seventy years later
Archaeology · Faith · Museums · New York
Isis Nursing Horus
Ceramic figurine of the Ptolemaic period. Metropolitan Museum. Figurines of this type appear long before the Ptolemaic era. In fact, the iconography of the "Madonna and Child" took shape in Egypt 2,000 years before the birth of Jesus
Faith · Observations · Paris · Pop Culture
Author compares Olympic closing ceremony with Assassin's Creed and the opening ceremony
The dreadful symbolism of the closing of the Olympic diabolerie, which looks like a cult ritual disguised as sketches from Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft, after all, is a French company), is on the whole in perfect harmony with the Horseman of the Apocalypse and the other occult scenes of
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