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On the set of Sergei Eisenstein's film "Alexander Nevsky", 1938

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National Flags of the Warships of Various Countries, Published in London in 1894

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The Man Who Lived to Draw His Pension Has Seen What It Amounts To

A man cleans a mosaic floor at an excavation; below, a close-up of the mosaic with a skeleton, an amphora and a Greek inscription on a dark ground.

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Greek mosaic inscribed Ευφροσυνος found in Turkey in 2016

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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Nicholas II after the Coronation

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You Looked Different Online

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Michelangelo's Torments of Saint Anthony look as though the song from the cartoon "Three Bogatyrs" is playing in the background: "Carried off, oh, carried off somewhere, carried me off"

Satellite image of the Vatican with a blue circle marking the car park in the lower Belvedere Courtyard near St Peter's Basilica.

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Car park in the Belvedere Courtyard in the Vatican seen in a satellite image

The world's most exclusive car park can be seen in a satellite image of the Vatican. The lower part of the Belvedere Courtyard, one of the most famous and significant palaces of the Renaissance, is used as a car park. Every age has its hallmarks

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Jean-Luc Godard through the lens of Hedi Slimane

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Let Us Cease Our Grumbling, Gentlemen!

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