The author's new favourite items, Austrian glasses of the early 20th century
I have new favourites. Austrian liqueur glasses of the early twentieth century
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The Trial of Marie Antoinette before the Revolutionary Tribunal on 14 October 1793
When Marie Antoinette was brought before the Revolutionary Tribunal on the first day of her two-day trial, 14 October 1793, the jurors who had received their summonses were informed that "the vengeance of the people is in your hands", which amounts to indicating, in this fashion, the
Wooden figurehead of the ship “Henri IV” at the National Navy Museum in Paris
Figurehead from the ship Henri IV, carved in wood around 1848 in the sculpture workshop of the Cherbourg arsenal. An exhibit of the National Navy Museum in Paris.
Etruscan fresco from the François Tomb at Vulci showing Achilles sacrificing Trojan captives
A celebrated Etruscan fresco of the late fourth century BC from the François Tomb at Vulci depicts a cruel ritual of the Trojan War. The central scene of the composition is the sacrifice of Trojan prisoners, which the Greek hero Achilles performs in honour of his fallen friend Patroclus. The
Diachenko and Groneborn link ornament diversity on ancient pottery to population size
Alexandr Diachenko of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Detlef Gronenborn of the Leibniz Centre for Archaeology in Mainz have built a mathematical model that links the diversity of pottery ornament to population size, the organisation of pottery production and the exchange of information. They compared the pottery