Statement by Commissioner Mariya Gabriel on support to artists, cultural professionals and culture organizations impacted by the Russian war against Ukraine and for the protection of cultural heritage
Today, 21 April, is the United Nations...
The ruins of Pompeii recently have a new guard. Guard dog, but not ordinary, but entirely mechanical. The four-legged Spot robot is the latest high-tech introduction to the archeological park, which attracts millions of...
What do the animal and the tree have to do with the history of the Spanish capital?
In the heart of Madrid, where a number of roads depart in all directions, is one of the...
While plowing his fields, a farmer stumbled upon a unique 3,300-year-old ancient bracelet from the Hittite era.
The farmer, who lives in the village of Chitli, near the town of Corum in central Turkey, found...
Some define it as the Holy Grail in numismatics, for others it is just an investment, for others it is the bloody steam cut in praise of the most dramatic scene in Roman history.
One...
The National Gallery in London has renamed the painting of the famous French Impressionist Edgar Degas from "Russian Dancers" to "Ukrainian Dancers", reports The Guardian.
The work is a pastel depicting a group of dancers,...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has opened the Museum of Islamic Civilizations at the Grand Mosque of Chamlaca. It is the largest mosque in the country, which was recently built in the Uskudar district...
Wood from an ancient settlement on the Canadian island of Newfoundland testifies that long before Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean, the Vikings were the first to reach the New World, Reuters and AFP...
Historian, journalist, member of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, Professor Nikolai Svanidze spoke in favor of the demolition of monuments to Lenin throughout the country just before...
They are exquisite, melting in the mouth and delivering uncontrollable pleasure to the palate.
Eclairs are the living history of classic French cuisine, whose contribution to cooking around the world is, to put it mildly,...
Nestled on a hill full of various historical tales he has experienced, the Italian city of Matera is a place we can hardly resist.
The city is one of the oldest in the world and...
The question of icon-worship seems to be purely practical, given that icon-painting is a church-applied art. But in the Orthodox Church he received an extremely thorough, truly theological staging. What is the deep connection...
The early Byzantine icon of the Mother of God is one of the most revered medieval shrines in Rome. Residents of the city prayed to her for protection from disasters. It is located in...
German archaeologists discovered in Bavaria a rich burial of a boy of the 7th century AD, at whose feet lay the remains of a dog. Inside the tomb were perfectly preserved gold and silver...
The hotel is defined as 7-star, although officially such a category does not exist
Over the years, Dubai's ultra-luxury Burj Al Arab Hotel has become a legend and an emblem of the luxury of the...
A few years ago, Daniel Delibashev went to Africa to find the most important thing to dedicate his life to - missionary work and helping children. He began developing his Smile for Africa Foundation,...
Glasgow’s St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art is unique within the British Isles. It is the only museum dedicated to the dialogue between art and religion, housing religious artefacts from different traditions and eras.
From...
People who were born between 1997 and 2012 are called Gen Z, or "digital natives" - they have been using phones, tablets and computers since birth. This also affects how they learn and perceive...
"Taxi driver"
The church's review: "Irrational violence has no distancing objectivity and its attempts to shock are too realistic in scenes of bloodshed."
"Last Tango in Paris"
Church Review: "Sex scenes, while not pornographic, are unnecessarily long...
According to some data, the Russian-speaking diaspora in the world has 25-30 million people.
This huge number of immigrants in other countries around the world is the result of terrible events that took place in...
Archaeologists have found out from what people weaved clothes 8.5 thousand years ago
In one of the most famous ancient cities, cloth for clothing was discovered, and scientists figured out what it was made of.
Fossil...
For decades, collectors from all over the world have been plagued by various artifacts from the Second World War. Many of them create a whole state, but this does not make sense of the...
Scientists have discovered a fragment of an Elamite inscription as part of a project to classify and document objects in the warehouses of the Persepolis Museum in Iran. The inscription repeats an earlier Old...