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Queen Elizabeth so resembles her younger sister, Princess Margaret, that a newspaper, under a joint photograph of the two on their way to the dying Mary of Teck, found it necessary to specify that the queen is in the middle

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Peter I in the 1670s

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Graffiti of a ship from the Cathedral of Saint Sophia in Constantinople

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An Arctic-centred map, a most interesting view of this part of the world

A man in a hat and face mask stands by a marble wall as a large dark bird spreads its wings before him and pigeons fly nearby.

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The photograph “Black Archangel” by Vlad Nekrasov, taken in Novosibirsk in 2022

The Black Archangel. Vlad Nekrasov. Novosibirsk, 2022

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One Too Many

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"The Last Judgement": a fresco by Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov, painted in 1885–1896 for St Vladimir's Cathedral in Kyiv

"The Last Judgement" is a fresco by Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov, painted in 1885–1896 for St Vladimir's Cathedral in Kyiv. The artist later painted a picture on the same subject for the Church of St George in Gus-Khrustalny

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Pope Leo XIV opens a social media account in Latin

Pope Leo XIV has started a Twitter account in Latin, and it is magnificent! A splendid step towards popularising the Latin language

Brooch made from a bird's foot with orange-brown citrines in settings and an engraved metal cap, shown against a pale background.

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Victorian bird's foot brooch with citrines at the Walters Art Museum

A brooch of bird's claw with silver-mounted citrines: a tribute to the Victorian fashion for Scotland's cultural heritage and for historicism. 1860-70s. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Painting of a round tent with a conical roof and orange fringe, with hanging cabins carrying people. Men in robes and turbans sit on slopes around it; a man in a red robe stands in the cente

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Carousel with swing boats and seated onlookers on a steppe, painting

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David Lynch, 1990

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