Archaeology
Archaeologists of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences have discovered a 2nd-century BC tomb near the Bulgarian village of Kapitan Petko Voyvoda in the Topolovgrad area; the find is already being called the richest Hellenistic-era burial known in the country. The tomb belonged to a high-ranking Thracian warrior,
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In July, a Martian meteorite found in Niger in 2023 was sold at Sotheby's in New York for $4.3 million. The stone, known as NWA 16788, became the largest Martian meteorite ever sold at auction. Only the other day, Niger opened an investigation into the circumstances of
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In the eighteenth century pugs were so popular in Europe that one Masonic lodge came to be called the Order of the Pug. Members of the order wore collars, barked and bowed down before images of pugs. The secret society known as the "Order of the Pug" appeared
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Napoleon before the Throne of Charlemagne. Henri-Paul Motte, 1898. The throne of Charlemagne was set up in the 790s in the Palatine Chapel at Aachen. Until 1531 it served as the coronation throne of the King of the Romans and was used at thirty-one coronations. But Charlemagne was
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It was no accident that I recalled La Fontaine's fable of the statue of Jupiter last night. In an illustrated edition of La Fontaine, the figure of Jupiter was depicted as a sculpture resembling the one installed in the hall of the former residence of the Margraves of
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Every Liturgy Is an Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hell. Saint Nikolai of Žiča (Velimirović) (1881-1956) A mighty truth: the grace and mystery of the Liturgy truly shake the gates of darkness.
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Valery Ivanovich Yurlov is a leading figure of Russian neo-avant-garde and non-objective painting, author of the "para-forms" method and of series in which he explores the relations of forms, their interaction and transformation. Valery Yurlov's works are held in the collections of
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"The sea; in the distance the Russian fleet can be seen; in the foreground Empress Catherine II in a chariot drawn by sea-horses and guided by Neptune; on the right side of the chariot is Minerva, and on the left a genius holds fettered Turks on a chain
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The casket was intended for the safekeeping of important founding documents and charters granted for the administration of the governorates of the All-Russian Empire". The Tver Viceroyalty, established on 25 November 1775, became the first administrative-territorial unit of the new pattern in the Russian Empire. The casket
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A wondrous marble once a sculptor bought For carving. "Whether I make a god, or a table, Or a vessel for washing, — It shall be a god! Let the sovereign Hold thunderbolts in his hands! Fall to the dust, you mortals, — Behold the master of the universe!" So
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Our House Is on Fire, and We Are Looking the Other Way. Jacques Chirac. In the photograph: Chirac in the 2000s and in 1968