Visitors in the Real Gabinete Português de Leitura reading room, Rio de Janeiro
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Napoleon's Sarcophagus of Shoksha Quartzite and the Unrest near Les Invalides in Paris
Disturbances in Paris, literally at Les Invalides, the tomb of Napoleon. I think it would have taken him less than an hour to remove the cause of the noise, were it not for the 35-tonne sarcophagus of crimson Shoksha quartzite, brought from Russia by order of Nicholas I
The Trial of Marie Antoinette before the Revolutionary Tribunal on 14 October 1793
When Marie Antoinette was brought before the Revolutionary Tribunal on the first day of her two-day trial, 14 October 1793, the jurors who had received their summonses were informed that "the vengeance of the people is in your hands", which amounts to indicating, in this fashion, the
Wooden figurehead of the ship “Henri IV” at the National Navy Museum in Paris
Figurehead from the ship Henri IV, carved in wood around 1848 in the sculpture workshop of the Cherbourg arsenal. An exhibit of the National Navy Museum in Paris.
Etruscan fresco from the François Tomb at Vulci showing Achilles sacrificing Trojan captives
A celebrated Etruscan fresco of the late fourth century BC from the François Tomb at Vulci depicts a cruel ritual of the Trojan War. The central scene of the composition is the sacrifice of Trojan prisoners, which the Greek hero Achilles performs in honour of his fallen friend Patroclus. The