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And the Tears Fell

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Good Night

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Napoleon's felt hat, allegedly worn by him in 1815, sold for €1,932,000

Napoleon's felt hat, allegedly worn by him in 1815, sold for €1,932,000. It is the highest price ever fetched at auction by any of Napoleon's hats

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Although it is a fallacy, Ridley Scott decided to use the myth of Napoleon firing cannon at the Sphinx in order to show more concisely in the film that Egypt had been taken

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From Newton to Einstein: Just One Step

Two winged angels with scrolls stand by a throne bearing a cross and Gospel. Below, a hand holds small souls; scales, nude figures and demons appear beneath, amid the serpent's coils.

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Detail of a Last Judgment icon: angels at the Hetoimasia, scales and the serpent

Icon detail: a large hand on a red ground, with five small figures in white garments standing in its palm.

NB! · Faith · Art · Museums

Souls of the Righteous in the Hand of God on a 16th-Century “Last Judgement” Icon from Solvychegodsk

The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God. Icon of the Last Judgement, 16th century, from the Annunciation Cathedral in the town of Solvychegodsk.

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Franz Kafka, Aged Two

A smiling man in a dark coat and grey scarf stands beside a woman in a blue jacket with a red collar. Behind them are a Napoleon poster and screens in French flag colours.

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Man and woman on the red carpet at the premiere of Napoleon

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An authentic dress of Empress Josephine and her portraits in a similar guise

Drawing of Edgar Poe seated at a desk with a quill in hand, a cat perched on his shoulder.

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Edgar Poe said his stories were written by his cat Catarina

Edgar Allan Poe's beloved cat was called Catarina, and she would sit on his shoulder, watching him write. Poe liked to say that his stories had in fact been written by his faithful cat.

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