Wooden doll with movable limbs from the sarcophagus of a Roman girl of the 2nd century, found in 1889

This toy was found in 1889 in the sarcophagus of a 17-year-old Roman girl who died in the 2nd century AD. The beautifully preserved wooden doll has articulated limbs and a gold ring on the index finger of its left hand

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the

Frederic Leighton

Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least

Wooden doll with movable limbs from the sarcophagus of a Roman girl of the 2nd century, found in 1889

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

Frederic Leighton

Attempts to resolve the problems of many years of uncontrolled mass migration

Characters from Gogol's "Petersburg Tales" on the pedestal of the monument to Nikolai Gogol on Nikitsky Boulevard, photograph of the 1960s