The Sicilian town of Avola was destroyed by an earthquake in 1693, after which it was rebuilt to the symmetrical geometric plan of the Baroque architect Angelo Italia; in this regular form the town survives to this day, etc.…
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Orientalist Grigory Kozakov with relatives and children at a picnic near the village of Zhikharevka in 1903
The Orientalist Grigory Alexandrovich Kozakov, surrounded by his relatives, his daughter-in-law Countess Anna Nikolayevna Tolstaya, the children and their tutor, at a picnic near the village of Zhikharevka in 1903
Konstantin Ivanov's Cosmonautics Day poster, published in Moscow in 1977
Grow strong, cosmic youth! A poster for Cosmonautics Day, created by the artist Konstantin Konstantinovich Ivanov in 1977. The work was issued by the Moscow publishing house “Plakat” for 12 April. Konstantin Ivanov was a Soviet graphic artist and poster designer, Honoured Artist of the RSFSR. The theme of space
Signs of violent death found on skulls from burials beside the royal tombs at Abydos
An American archaeologist has carried out a forensic analysis of skulls of people who were buried beside the tombs of Egypt's first kings at Abydos, and has found on many of them traces of violent death. Abydos in Upper Egypt served as the burial place of the kings
Guests at a costume party in a Moscow theatre in the early 20th century
A costume evening at one of the Moscow theatres in the early twentieth century