When ordinary people come before the king, they say: “Long live the king forever!” Once, in ancient times, there lived a man who, upon coming to the court, always said: “There is no king but God.” He repeated the same sentence constantly, which greatly angered the king who eventually decided to kill him. The man … Read more
In the early 19th century, there was excited discussion in cultural circles of the Western world about the discovery of a monument of incredible beauty south of Egypt, in Sudan. Numerous European and American explorers wrote about the existence of magnificent temples and numerous pyramids south of Aswan, between the First and Sixth cataracts of … Read more
Ethnologists believe that wearing jewelry is as old as humanity itself. Wearing rings is present in almost all civilizations, on different continents. Among the Romans, there were a series of legal provisions relating to wearing rings. Each emperor had his own signet ring, and the first ones allowed to wear gold rings were senators and … Read more
