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An interesting man, to be sure, the Manhattan prosecutor Matthew Bogdanos, who since 2003, when he witnessed the mass looting in Baghdad with his own eyes, has devoted himself to fighting the trade in stolen antiquities

An interesting man, to be sure, the Manhattan prosecutor Matthew Bogdanos, who since 2003, when he witnessed the mass looting in Baghdad with his own eyes, has devoted himself to fighting the trade in stolen antiquities. The unit of the New York police that he heads has seized thousands of

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The Zeckendorf family of New York developers has filed suit against the heirs of the Weis collectors, claiming that a 1958 painting by Pierre Soulages, sold at Christie's last autumn for almost five million dollars, was stolen from their family…

The Zeckendorf family of New York developers has filed suit against the heirs of the Weis collectors, claiming that a 1958 painting by Pierre Soulages, sold at Christie's last autumn for almost five million dollars, was stolen from their family between 1977 and 1980. The canvas came from

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Ground collapse in the courtyard of the Scriabin Museum

I hope it can all be put right without any serious consequences

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I should like to lie in the Tarusa Khlyst cemetery, under an elder bush, in one of those graves with a silver dove, where the reddest and largest wild strawberries in our parts grow

But if that is unattainable, if not only may I not lie there, but that cemetery is no more, I should like a stone from the Tarusa quarry to be set up on one of those hills over which the Kirillovnas walked to us at Pesochnoye, and we to them

Archaeology · Architecture · Heritage · Rome

The Pyramid of Cestius, an ancient Roman mausoleum in Rome, built in 18-12 BC

The Pyramid of Cestius is an ancient Roman mausoleum in Rome, built in 18-12 BC. The tomb received the ashes of Gaius Cestius, an influential Roman magistrate and priest. The pyramid is a concrete structure 36 metres high, faced with marble. The Pyramid of Cestius has survived to our

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A symbol of awakening from darkness to light, of vigilance and of the protection of Paris, the golden cockerel crowning the spire of Notre-Dame de Paris holds a fragment of Christ's Crown of Thorns, as well as relics of Saint Geneviève and Saint Denis

A symbol of awakening from darkness to light, of vigilance and of the protection of Paris, the golden cockerel crowning the spire of Notre-Dame de Paris holds a fragment of Christ's Crown of Thorns, as well as relics of Saint Geneviève and Saint Denis. The relics survived

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A couple of days ago I posted a reel about the sad, dilapidated state of the wonderful openwork cast-iron Demidov fence in front of the Pedagogical Library in Bolshoy Tolmachyovsky Lane, and literally today word came that restoration work has begun there…

A couple of days ago I posted a reel about the sad, dilapidated state of the wonderful openwork cast-iron Demidov fence in front of the Pedagogical Library in Bolshoy Tolmachyovsky Lane, and literally today word came that restoration work has begun on the spot. I do not yet know

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This small leather ball was found during the restoration of Stirling Castle in Scotland in the late 1970s and is considered the oldest surviving football in the world

This small leather ball was found during the restoration of Stirling Castle in Scotland in the late 1970s and is considered the oldest surviving football in the world. It is almost 500 years old. The find is dated to the period between the 1540s and 1570s. The ball is stitched

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The first to tell the gendarmerie about yesterday's robbery of the Lalique Museum was not the security firm but the cleaning lady

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Restoration of the Melnikov-Yemelyanova-Toplenin House on Mansurovsky Lane Completed

The restoration of the Melnikov-Yemelyanova-Toplenin house on Mansurovsky Lane has been completed. This wooden residence on a nineteenth-century stone plinth is commonly called "the Master's house": rumour assigns the Master of The Master and Margarita a little basement flat in this very building.

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An Exhibition of a Single Painting Opens at the Hermitage: "Titian. The Last Masterpiece: Saint Sebastian"

An exhibition of a single painting, "Titian. The Last Masterpiece: Saint Sebastian", has opened at the Hermitage. The end of the canvas's three-year restoration coincides with the 450th anniversary of Titian's death. The picture was painted in the technique of pittura a macchia,

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Preparations for the restoration of the Paris Opéra Garnier, opened in 1875, have uncovered toxic lead in the structure of the stage, so works planned to take two years will stretch to at least five

Preparations for the restoration of the Paris Opéra Garnier, opened in 1875, have uncovered toxic lead in the structure of the stage, so works planned to take two years will stretch to at least five. As yet no decision has been made on the method by which the lead is