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I have told this story before, but in view of the alternative news I shall repeat myself. In 1913 a number of English-language newspapers carried an article reporting that several chambers of a temple-like character had been discovered inside the Great Sphinx. The text claimed that a fairly
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A second Sphinx may have been discovered beneath the Giza plateau. The team of researchers claims to be 80% certain of its find. The monumental statue is said to lie buried under 55 metres of hardened sand. A group of Italian enthusiasts used satellite radar to corroborate an existing image
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At a Los Angeles auction, the glowing head of the humanoid protocol droid C-3PO from "Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back" sold for more than a million dollars against an initial estimate of 350,000–700,000. It is the only known example of the
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The Church of Saint Paraskeva Pyatnitsa on Pyatnitskaya Street, demolished in 1935. The street took its name from this church. The stone buildings of the church were erected between the 16th and 18th centuries. On this very spot now stands the round vestibule of the Novokuznetskaya metro station.
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Skeleton discovered during repair of damaged floor in the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Maastricht is believed to be that of d'Artagnan, the real-life officer who inspired Dumas's hero. Beside the skeleton were found a French coin of the late seventeenth century and
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In the front row, left to right: Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna (Victoria Melita of Great Britain), Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. In the second row: first on the right, our handsome, dearly beloved Emperor Nicholas II; second on the left, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich; on the
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Manhattan District Attorney's Office Returns 17 Items to Italy and the Vatican. On 26 March 2026 a ceremony was held for the handover of 17 stolen antiquities and rare books with a combined value of more than $1.5 million. The items were seized in the course of
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Iriska (Bun). Photograph by Katya Kosova at the “Cat Exhibition”, which opened yesterday at the SetProjects space
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Yesterday the National Award for Cultural Managers was presented for the first time at the Theatre of Nations. If you remember, we have followed this story from the very beginning, from the moment the award was first proposed. We watched the idea take concrete shape, and now we have seen
Aristocracy · Architecture · Moscow · Observations · Heritage
So this is the sorry state of the rear façade of the once-famous palace of Count Kirill Grigoryevich Razumovsky, built in the 1780s. To a design by Bazhenov, or by Kazakov, or by someone else altogether. The view of the opposite façade, facing Vozdvizhenka, is blocked by the Kremlin
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