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Scientists report the full sequencing of the genome of an Egyptian, a contemporary of the first pyramids, who lived 4,500 years ago
Scientists report the full sequencing of the genome of an Egyptian, a contemporary of the first pyramids, who lived 4,500 years ago. It has emerged that the genetic code of this man, aged about 60, whose bones were found in an amphora 300 km south of Cairo, is 80%
Archive · In the Press · Humour
Cartoon of a telephone conversation from the English magazine Punch, 1946
Well, darlings, apart from being bored to death with everything and everyone, how are you getting on? Punch magazine, England, 1946.
The East · Observations · Science
If you thought galleys were obsolete by the Age of Discovery, think again
If you thought galleys were obsolete by the Age of Discovery, think again. Here, by way of proof, is an image of an Ottoman galley in the Black Sea, late sixteenth century. And although by this time the strong maritime powers, the Ottoman Empire among them, could boast a great
Faith · People
Seek not friends among men, seek them in Heaven, among the saints: they will never abandon or betray you
Elder Nikolai Guryanov
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Man in a light suit leaps in a dance beside a gramophone
Cinema · Society · People
The Venice Festival Was Born Under Mussolini's Warm Wing
The Venice Festival was born under Mussolini's warm wing. Its founder, Giuseppe Volpi, a rather successful Italian politician, sat on the Grand Council of Fascism right up to 1943. True, when he spoke out against the alliance with Hitler, he was not merely driven out of every post
The East · Geography · Maps
The 2,500 km border between Iran and the USSR on land and the Caspian Sea
A Map of Persia from 1922, a Diagram of the Border with the USSR and a Map of Present-Day Iran. The shared border between Iran and the USSR: 2,500 km of land border, Azerbaijani-Iranian, Armenian-Iranian and Turkmen-Iranian, together with the maritime border on the Caspian
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How ChatGPT Sees Its Users
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Costumes and Sets for the 1962 Production of Stravinsky's "Noah and the Flood", Designed by Ruben Ter-Arutunian
London · Observations · Society · Humour
The Bank of England is considering replacing the images of Winston Churchill and other historical figures on its banknotes with other "symbols of national identity"
The Bank of England is considering replacing the images of Winston Churchill and other historical figures on its banknotes with other "symbols of national identity". Among those named are Stonehenge, the oak tree, fish and chips and football. Though why stop at fish and chips? Let us go
Moscow · Observations · Society · Paris · Nature · Humour
Extreme heat continues in France
Extreme heat continues in France. The red alert level has been declared in 16 departments of the country. Since yesterday the top floor of the Eiffel Tower has been closed to visitors because of the high temperature. Abnormal heat is also being recorded in Spain, Portugal, Belgium and the Netherlands.