World - Twice in the Dust
Two hundred years ago, the death of one of the most beloved (and most controversial) characters in history
Two hundred years ago, the death of one of the most beloved (and most controversial) characters in history
Ten thousand years of history. Civilizations that have fought, traded, loved, hated, overlapped, merged and intertwined in an inextricable tangle. Ten thousand years of history and a single, eternal common denominator: the Mediterranean. With Libya at the center: yesterday as today, it is both the natural gateway to – and exit point from – Africa. […]
The fall of a dictator starts from his portraits
Pre-war souvenir pictures, an enigma from the past.
Five centuries after his death what remains of the genius from Tuscany? Leonardo da Vinci died 2 May 1519 in Amboise, France. Exactly five centuries ago. Over the course of his long life – 67 years – Leonardo experimented with the effects of Gutenberg’s invention, witnessed the fall of Byzantium and the unification of the […]
Into the life of the emperor who legitimated Christianity
The art of diplomacy in the Middle Kingdom
The last Maharajas in the Silicon Valley
The Roman Spa