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The Only Gaslighting That Has a Right to Exist
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Happy New Year!
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Roman bone dolls with movable limbs from the 3rd to 4th centuries AD
I thought Soviet baby dolls were creepy, and then I saw these Roman bone dolls with movable limbs, 3rd to 4th centuries AD. Shall we talk about the psyche of the children of Ancient Rome?
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In the Christmas bustle I always find myself, for some reason, remembering the undeservedly forgotten little Mithras
In the Christmas bustle I always find myself, for some reason, remembering the undeservedly forgotten little Mithras. Though the bull really need not have been killed
NB! · Architecture · Faith · Observations · Heritage · Rome
Do you see the empty niche in the upper part of the façade of Santa Maria in Aracoeli?
Do you see the empty niche in the upper part of the façade of Santa Maria in Aracoeli? It was here that the first public clock of Rome was installed, in 1412, 42 years after Paris. But in 1806 it was decided to move the clock to the tower of
NB! · Architecture · Observations · Rome
The second Roman clepsydra is hidden in the courtyard of the private Palazzo Berardi, out of sight of passers-by, and is built as a frontal fountain with caryatids and a shell-shaped basin in which an otter sits
The second Roman clepsydra is hidden in the courtyard of the private Palazzo Berardi, out of sight of passers-by, and is built as a frontal fountain with caryatids and a shell-shaped basin in which an otter sits. The clock works faithfully and chimes
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Wooden angels of the late 18th century from the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ in Kargopol
Late 18th century, angels from the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ in the town of Kargopol. PS: note the amusing halo in the shape of a little plate on the head
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Sculpture of Marianne damaged inside the Arc de Triomphe during clashes in Paris
Marianne, victim of circumstance. The sculpture, a symbol of the French Republic, in the display at the Arc de Triomphe was badly damaged during clashes between demonstrators and police in central Paris
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You're Looking Well: Is That a New Hat?
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Saint Nicholas in a Shrine with Folding Wings, Seventeenth Century, from the Church of Saints Florus and Laurus in the Village of Astafyevo, Kargopol District, Arkhangelsk Region
Saint Nicholas in a shrine with folding wings, seventeenth century, from the Church of Saints Florus and Laurus in the village of Astafyevo, Kargopol District, Arkhangelsk Region. In the upper part of the wings: the Nicene miracle, the sun and the moon, painted in the eighteenth century; on the right,
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