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Priam Begging Achilles for the Body of Hector
Alexander Ivanov, 1824. Collection of the Tretyakov Gallery
Alexandr Radayev
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Etruscan pink sarcophagus of the 4th century BC in the Archaeological Museum of Florence
Pink sarcophagus. 4th century BC. Archaeological Museum of Florence. The Etruscan women knew a thing or two about colour
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One Ostrich Power Is Not Such a Small Amount of Horsepower After All
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So, Professor Thomas Salmon, in his "Modern History, or the Present State of All Nations" of 1735, reports that once Russia has mastered the subtleties of navigation and the other sciences, nothing can prevent her from becoming the foremost commercial pow
Russia produces goods without which other nations, and maritime powers in particular, would find it very hard to subsist. From Russia come pitch, tar, hemp, planks and round timber. Thanks to the canals between the Volga and the Baltic Sea, Russia is able to supply grain at low prices. The
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Frenchman Louis Coulon, with a beard 3.5 metres long, posed for postcards
The Frenchman Louis Coulon and his beard of three and a half metres, in which a cat could be hidden. And, very likely, a cow. The old gentleman grew his beard and made his living by being photographed for comic postcards
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Egor Koshelev's exhibition "Second Half" has opened at the Vladey space at 14 Neglinnaya
Egor Koshelev's exhibition "Second Half" has opened at the Vladey space at 14 Neglinnaya. A very interesting artist
Books · Observations · Science
Crystal books and the opton reader in Stanislaw Lem’s novel “Return from the Stars”
Books are crystals with information imprinted in them. They were read with the help of an opton. The opton resembled a real book, only with a single page between the covers. At every touch, the next page of text appeared upon it. From the science-fiction novel Return from the
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His Eminence Seraphim, Metropolitan of Kythira, has excommunicated the members of the Greek parliament who voted to legalise same-sex marriage and the adoption of children by same-sex couples in Greece
His Eminence Seraphim, Metropolitan of Kythira, has excommunicated the members of the Greek parliament who voted to legalise same-sex marriage and the adoption of children by same-sex couples in Greece. The ban on communion for these deputies is already in force in two Greek dioceses, the Metropolises of
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Princess Alexandra of Kent attends a service at St George's Chapel in memory of King Constantine II of Greece, second cousin of King Charles III, who died a year ago
The Hon. Lady Ogilvy was in a wheelchair. With the years she looks ever more frail, yet she keeps her aristocratic bearing and grace, and is as beautiful as ever. At the ceremony Princess Alexandra was accompanied by her daughter Marina Ogilvy. Just look how alike they are. By reason
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Napoleon leaves Elba and enters Paris without a shot in March 1815
So the brief but dazzling novella known as "Napoleon's Hundred Days" began 209 years ago. On 25 February 1815 he left his captivity of his own accord, sailing from the island of Elba aboard the brig L'Inconstant together with six ships, passing calmly through
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A Night in Venice, Konstantin Gorbatov
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