Catafalque with the Coffin of Prince M. I. Kutuzov-Smolensky in Kazan Cathedral
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Martin McDonagh directs Wild Horse Nine, about CIA agents on Easter Island
I read that Martin McDonagh, the author of "In Bruges", "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" and "The Banshees of Inisherin", has made a new film, Wild Horse Nine. John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell play the CIA agents Chris and Lee. In 1973 they have
Neanderthal wooden spears and a club found at Abric Romaní near Barcelona
Researchers of the Catalan Institute of Human Palaeoecology and Social Evolution have published the first full analysis of the wooden finds from the Neanderthal site of Abric Romaní. The site lies beneath a rock shelter in the town of Capellades, not far from Barcelona. Neanderthals lived here from roughly 62,
The first department store opened in Perovsk, later known as Kyzylorda
The first department store in Perovsk, also known as Ak-Mechet and Kyzylorda
Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna in the Alexander Park at Tsarskoye Selo, May 1917
Emperor Nicholas II with Alexandra Feodorovna in the Alexander Park. Tsarskoye Selo. May 1917. Not the most flattering angle for the Empress: this photograph, of course, shows that she looked somewhat older than her 45 years, especially next to such a handsome man.