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"In Tuscany someone has begun to use the formula 'I am your slave'," wrote the Italian philologist Niccolò Tommaseo in the first half of the nineteenth century, while working on his Italian dictionary. The universally known Italian greeting "ciao" derives from the Latin word
Archaeology · Geography · Heritage
A large fragment of a sixteenth-century ship has been found on a beach on one of the Orkney Islands in the north of Scotland. Traces of shipwrecks in the distant past have been found in these parts before, but never has so substantial and well-preserved a piece of
Art · Humour
Monolisa 2.0: A new picture for a new world! The art of our own day. If this is not genius, then what is?
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Moscow · Observations · Society · Humour
Yesterday the ladies seated next to me in the auditorium were discussing the price of tickets to the Bolshoi, and concluded that it would be better to buy plane tickets and fly off to see "Spartacus" at the Novosibirsk Theatre. The company is splendid, the production is praised,
Faith · Art · Moscow · Mores
The opera "Stiffelio" never became widely known. On its appearance in 1850 it was mangled by the censors and consigned to oblivion. The story of a married Protestant pastor capable of forgiving his wife her infidelity provoked a stormy and hostile reaction in Catholic Italy. Years later Verdi
Archive · Faith · The East · Education
Pupils of One of the Most Famous Jewish Religious Schools, the Mir Yeshiva in Shanghai. Founded in 1815 in the small town of Mir in the Russian Empire, on the territory of present-day Belarus, the Mir Yeshiva played a key role in the development of Jewish religious education. And
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Good morning! Has anyone seen Papa?
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The Edible, Exceedingly Appetising Still Lifes of the American Painter Carduccius Plantagenet Ream (1838-1917) And note that Carduccius Plantagenet is his given name; his brother, also a well-known painter, was called Morston Constantine. They were born in Ohio, and Carduccius studied in London. We must, of course, pay