The East - The Parnassian (Page 13)

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A Relief Map of Asia

A relief map of Asia. On the one hand, one is struck by the singularity of the West Siberian Plain; on the other, by the impassable wall of mountain systems running from west to east.

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A Lebanese Orthodox priest at the Balamand Stauropegic Monastery of the Dormition, situated 80 kilometres north of Beirut

Photograph by Marilyn Stafford, 1960. The Balamand Monastery is one of the oldest foundations in the Patriarchate of Antioch, with a history stretching back more than 850 years. The number of Christians living in Lebanon is declining inexorably: over the past forty years it has fallen by 25-30%, and

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Persian Carpet of the Early Twentieth Century with Zodiac Signs

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The Archangel Gabriel from the "Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence"

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Number of churches in Saudi Arabia: 0

The laws of the country forbid the construction of places of worship not belonging to Islam

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In 2016 a Greek mosaic inscribed Ευφροσυνος, denoting a man rejoicing, was found in Turkey

In 2016 a Greek mosaic inscribed Ευφροσυνος, denoting a man rejoicing, was found in Turkey. The find most probably belongs to the later period, the 2nd to 4th centuries AD. Joy, at any rate, has lost none of its meaning since

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Chinese vessels are badly built, and although the Chinese cannot conceal their astonishment at the ships in which we come to them, their shipwrights are nonetheless amazed when invited to take our ships as a pattern

Chinese vessels are badly built, and although the Chinese cannot conceal their astonishment at the ships in which we come to them, their shipwrights are nonetheless amazed when invited to take our ships as a pattern. They say that in China it has been the custom from time immemorial to

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Astonished by the qualities of the Korean mythical creature Yeongno, which devours corrupt aristocrats and state officials, and which, if it consumes a hundred such wealthy men in the course of its life, is admitted to paradise

Astonished by the qualities of the Korean mythical creature Yeongno, which devours corrupt aristocrats and state officials, and which, if it consumes a hundred such wealthy men in the course of its life, is admitted to paradise. Fairy tales one longs to believe in

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The Last Supper in the Chinese Iconographic Tradition

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Scientists report the full sequencing of the genome of an Egyptian, a contemporary of the first pyramids, who lived 4,500 years ago

Scientists report the full sequencing of the genome of an Egyptian, a contemporary of the first pyramids, who lived 4,500 years ago. It has emerged that the genetic code of this man, aged about 60, whose bones were found in an amphora 300 km south of Cairo, is 80%

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If you thought galleys were obsolete by the Age of Discovery, think again

If you thought galleys were obsolete by the Age of Discovery, think again. Here, by way of proof, is an image of an Ottoman galley in the Black Sea, late sixteenth century. And although by this time the strong maritime powers, the Ottoman Empire among them, could boast a great

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A Map of Persia from 1922, a Diagram of the Border with the USSR and a Map of Present-Day Iran

The shared border between Iran and the USSR: 2,500 km of land border, Azerbaijani-Iranian, Armenian-Iranian and Turkmen-Iranian, together with the maritime border on the Caspian Sea