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The Execution of Prometheus, Had It Been Filmed in Present-Day Hollywood
Angela Merkel at the Marlow Bird Park during a visit to her former constituency of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
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Euler diagrams showing which identical letters are shared by the Greek, Latin and Cyrillic alphabets
Archaeology · Art · Museums · Paris
In 1896 the Louvre bought the tiara of the Scythian king Saitaphernes for 220,000 francs
In 1896 the Louvre bought the tiara of the Scythian king Saitaphernes for 220,000 francs. Eight of the foremost specialists in antiquity and the history of art pronounced it a masterpiece and assured everyone that it would become the pride of the Louvre. The Imperial Museum in Vienna had
Books · Moscow · Education · Society
Karion Istomin's illustrated Primer, published at the Print Yard in 1694
Presidential adviser Yelena Yampolskaya proposes abandoning the "Azbuka" and calling it the "Bukvar" Well then, I propose that we return to the ancient Primer of Karion Istomin, hieromonk of the Chudov Monastery in Moscow, writer and court poet, who produced the first illustrated Russian alphabet book.
NB! · Moscow · Humour
We would have been the perfect couple, but I am at Chistye Prudy in Moscow, and you are on the outskirts of Inman, South Carolina
Faith · Observations · Society
During yesterday's telephone conversation with Pope Leo XIV, Vladimir Putin once again congratulated the pontiff on his election and wished him success in the discharge of his lofty mission
Both sides noted the great personal contribution of Pope Francis to strengthening relations between Russia and the Holy See. It was agreed to continue efforts aimed at the further development of these ties in the interests of building a more just world order. Particular attention was given to the situation
New York · Education · People
A 19-year-old composer's symphony, premiered in May 1926, brought him worldwide fame
Dmitry Shostakovich's First Symphony, which brought him worldwide fame, was written as a graduation project. The first performance took place in May 1926 and caused a sensation; before long the symphony was being played across the country and abroad, in Berlin, Philadelphia and New York. Thus the 19-
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Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has published a new photograph of the Moon
The American astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has shared a new picture of the Moon. She is, in principle, a beauty in our own skies too, only not quite so cheerful
Architecture · Faith · Museums · Heritage
Kirillo-Belozersky Museum Reserve reopens restored 17th-century fortress walls and towers to visitors
The Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve has reopened its seventeenth-century fortress walls and towers to visitors following the completion of restoration. Some of them had been closed since the 1970s owing to their dilapidated condition. For the first time since the walls were built, the foundations have been reinforced, the
Mores · Society · People
The family business of Christian Dior was remarkable, and economic historians of France write of it with considerable respect
The production of quality fertilisers lent serious support to the agricultural boom of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was precisely in these years that crop farming and animal husbandry were wholly transformed. The zenith of French agriculture is usually placed in the period from 185+ to 1880:
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