The creators of the Leiden reconstruction do not insist that Caesar looked exactly like this. The appearance, however, corroborates the testimony of the literary sources that Caesar was literally torn from his mother's womb. Yet if the head of the Roman dictator was indeed so markedly deformed, it is odd that Cicero failed to mention it in one of his many disparaging passages at his expense
In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
