Geography · Science
Earth and the Moon in a photograph by the Deep Space Climate Observatory
The Far Side of the Moon That Cannot Be Seen from Earth. A photograph of the Earth and the Moon taken by the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite.
Alexandr Radayev
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Medieval beekeepers' costumes and their kinship with modern fashion
The costumes of medieval beekeepers were well ahead of their time. Today, they are the very height of fashion
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The Pyramid of Cheops, Seen from Above
The East · Geography · Society
India's Population Overtakes That of China
India's population has overtaken that of China. India is home to 1.442 billion people, China to 1.425 billion. The population of Russia is 146.150 million people.
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Elephants bathing in an engraving of 1682 from the Rijksmuseum
Elephants frolicking in the water. Engraving, 1682. Rijksmuseum
Art · Monarchies · Mores · Paris · People · Humour
The Marquise de Montespan as Judith, Thriftily Holding On to the Severed Head of Holofernes
Once more, for the record: the Marquise de Montespan, mistress of Louis XIV and mother of seven of his children, in the guise of the Old Testament heroine Judith, the young widow who saved besieged Judea by cutting off the head of Nebuchadnezzar's general Holofernes, whom she had
Architecture · Faith · Heritage · Paris
Notre-Dame de Paris nearly lost on 15 April 2019 and the restoration of the cathedral
5 years ago, on 15 April 2019, humanity nearly lost one of the greatest structures of our era, the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. They say that no more than half an hour remained before the masterpiece of a church was destroyed. The first stone of the Cathedral of
Coming Up · Faith · Art · Moscow
Which Lectures to Attend?
Which lectures to attend? If you are asking yourself this question and are in search of some intellectual leisure, I suggest casting an eye over the forthcoming events in Moscow. 🧩20 April, 12:00 Lecture “Anticipating Easter. The Raising of Lazarus and the Entry into Jerusalem”. Lecture hall of the
Faith · Art · Books · Museums · Paris · Nature
At the exhibition "The Medieval Bestiary" at the Musée de Chantilly: a Flemish manuscript of the late fifteenth century, the Mirror of Human Salvation, with a scene of the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise
On the wall of the Earthly Paradise sits a Peacock, which in the Middle Ages was associated with the sin of pride, the very pride that made Adam and Eve think they could be equal to God?
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In June, Christie's Paris Old Master sale will offer a melon still life by the eighteenth-century French painter Jean Siméon Chardin
In June, Christie's Paris Old Master sale will offer a melon still life by the eighteenth-century French painter Jean Siméon Chardin. Painted in 1760, it is in an oval format, a rarity for Chardin. The estimate is €8-12 million.
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Engraving of the masked ball of 23 January 1782, given by Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in honour of the birth of Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, their eldest son, born after 11 years of marriage
Engraving of the masked ball of 23 January 1782, given by Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in honour of the birth of Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, their eldest son, born after 11 years of marriage. Louis Joseph was a sickly child and lived only 7 years, dying of tuberculosis
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