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Irina Antonova Turns 96 Today
Irina Antonova turned 96 today. Antonova gave 73 years to the Pushkin Museum, serving as its director for 52 of them
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Archaeology · Museums · Science
Mummy of a 2.54-metre Native American found near San Diego in 1895 proved to be a fake
In 1895 the mummified body of an Indian 2.54 metres long was discovered near San Diego. The mummy was declared to be the remains of the tallest man who had ever lived. By the scientists' estimate, in life the man found might have stood taller than 274 centimetres.
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Mummy of a Native American man, 2.54 metres tall, found in San Diego in 1895
The San Diego Giant, the mummy of a Native American man found in San Diego in 1895. The mummy stands 2.54 metres tall
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La Luxure - French
La Luxure - French for "lust". Porcelain cup from the "Seven Deadly Sins" service, 1800
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And what are your plans?
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The very sixteenth-century villa from "Call Me by Your Name", 55 kilometres from Milan, is on sale for a mere €1.7 million
The very sixteenth-century villa from "Call Me by Your Name", 55 kilometres from Milan, is on sale for a mere €1.7 million. 1,400 square metres, 14 rooms, frescoes by a pupil of Raphael and a splendid park ❤️
NB! · Monarchies · Mores · People
The English Princess Mary Henrietta Stuart: A Wife at Seven, a Widow at Twenty-One
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Oh, Those Romans
Observations · Mores · Humour
Antiques agent offers a carriage, but mother declines over taxes
An antiques agent has sent me a carriage; I ask Mother whether she might care to buy it. She replies: and pay tax on the carriage as well? Fair enough, but dispiriting(
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Step of a gilded carriage with a crowned coat of arms and red drapery
Monarchies · Observations
Incidentally, it is curious that both Nicholases had wives named Alexandra Feodorovna: one of Prussia, the other of Hesse-Darmstadt
Incidentally, it is curious that both Nicholases had wives named Alexandra Feodorovna: one of Prussia, the other of Hesse-Darmstadt. That gives us Nicholas I + Alexandra Feodorovna I and Nicholas II + Alexandra Feodorovna II. Dynastic elegance
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Alexandra Feodorovna (wife of Nicholas I) in a fabulous kokoshnik
Alexandra Feodorovna (wife of Nicholas I) in a fabulous kokoshnik. So that everyone could see: a Russian tsarina