Observations · Humour
A narrator speaks of an age of two thousand and the fear of asking about it
When you see me for the first time, what you most want to ask is how old I am. But you do not dare, because you fear to hear: two thousand
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Let us not imagine what they are thinking
NB! · Observations · Humour
The Hydra Wishes You a Pleasant Weekend
NB! · Museums · Observations · Humour
This is not some zoological museum where you pose your plain girlfriends against Soviet taxidermy
NB! · Monarchies · Observations · Mores · People · Rome
A Roman emperor of the 1st century
A Roman emperor of the 1st century. Domitian. Hardly a heart-throb to drive everyone out of their wits, but he asked to be addressed as lord and god. What I remember him for is that his niece, pregnant by him, died of a botched abortion
Archaeology · Observations · Ethnography
Burials of nomads from the 13th century and earlier in Cueva de Candelaria
Cueva de la Candelaria is part of a cave complex that the nomads of this region used for burial. It was already written about a great deal in the 18th century, so the historiography is rather interesting. The caves were first investigated systematically by Mexican scholars in 1953-54. Cueva
NB! · Archaeology · Observations · Ethnography
A nomad's headdress of status, probably 13th century
A nomad's headdress of status, probably 13th century. Well preserved, though the red colour has been lost. From the famous Cueva de la Candelaria in northern Mexico. I hope to visit it next year
NB! · Observations
There Is a Certain Romance in It
Archaeology · Observations · Heritage · Humour
The Chersonesos mint proved to be a residential house, half of which was backfilled
An interesting observation about archaeologists: all of them adore discovering monuments of the utmost importance, unique, rare, the most significant, and so on. So it was with the already described baptistery of Prince Vladimir. You find the skeleton of a church: yes, this is where the prince was baptised. You
Archaeology · Observations · Humour
An elderly woman picked up a potsherd from the ground, wet it with saliva and threw it away
Saw an old woman pick up a potsherd from the ground, lick it on both sides, look at it and throw it away. An antiquarian or a soil scientist?
Moscow · Observations · Education
Listening to young people from Miass and Tyumen, the author values the chance to study in Moscow
Listening to lads from Miass and Tyumen, I realise what a stroke of fortune it is to study in Moscow under the best professors and leading specialists. I do not always remember it. No offence to those who were not so lucky
Archaeology · Observations · Humour
Burial of a young woman whose body was covered with cherry blossoms
Discussing the burial of a girl whose body was strewn with cherry blossom. I dare say many ladies would gladly die for the sake of such beauty.