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...Father Roman said that in King Charles’s case, in addition to the religious significance of the Mount of Olives — from where Christians believe Jesus ascended to Heaven — his decision was likely to have...
...The pod was christened XLII, or 42 in Roman numerals, a reference to Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, in which the number is said to be the answer to the meaning of life....
...Not much has been heard of Illyria, a pre-Roman civilisation in the Balkans, in the last two millennia, and our sense of them is somewhat hazy....
...Castel del Monte was built by the brilliant Holy Roman emperor and king of Jerusalem, Germany, Italy and Sicily, Frederick II (1194-1250), known as “Stupor Mundi”, or Wonder of the World....
...It was said to groan if the true king sat on it and remained silent if he was a pretender. During the 20th century, though, the Stone of Destiny did lead a pretty rich life....
...“Historians have established that the term ‘pothole’ comes from the age of the Roman empire,” it noted....
...The king was so pleased that he gave Biscop land at Jarrow for a sister monastery, again employing continental glassmakers....
...The museum complex features 12 galleries, covering the periods from prehistoric times until the end of the Roman era in Egypt....
...group assembled represents the duo’s wide creative world: Alex Crowder, a florist, made a garland of pillow, bayberry and clematis foraged from the Montauk property, while Alison Attenborough and Colin King...
...Nemrut is a hierotheseion, a mausoleum and temple, built in the 1st century BC by King Antiochus I of Commagene as a monument to himself....
...The Lion King roars to life in Kenya “The Pride Lands” are what screenwriters called the landscapes in the 1994 The Lion King (much as we love Jon Favreau, who directed the 2019 remake, we still favour...
...There’s nothing new about our desire to capture a flower for eternity: Ancient Egyptians made flower and foliage shapes with slivers of horn, while the Romans created flower replicas from wax....
...The final tally comprised 10 Roman coins including minims, denarii and a sestertius, two Roman brooches and a fragment of Roman tweezers; three Saxon buckles and a 7th-century cruciform brooch; a piece of...
...“Jay” was written on the hearts in Roman script alongside Chinese characters. For two hours, a corner of London was a portal into the realm that belongs to the king of Mandopop....
...Greek legends, meanwhile, linked their own heroes by blood and travel to the queens, kings and gods of foreign lands: Phoenicians, Phrygians and Amazons....
...Tenor Giorgio Berrugi offered volcanic magnetism as the heroic Avito, while Roman Burdenko won sympathy as the opera’s secondary victim....
...Roman Martinez, a Latham & Watkins lawyer representing one group of fisheries, said Chevron should be overruled because it had distorted the judicial process and “undermine[d] statutory interpretation”....
...but it’s directed by Roman Polanski....
...Roman wood: Appreciated by the ancient Romans and praised by 19th century poets, Roman pines are a distinctive feature of the Eternal City....
...In a recent interview, Olivier Rousteing, Balmain’s king of the double-breasted, big-shouldered, low-buttoning, gold-buttoned blazer, spoke frankly about his fear of the stealth-wealth look: “I’m just really...
...Here was my excuse to learn the names of kings, queens and prime ministers; the sweep of the Roman empire; where Wyoming is on a US map....
...“My journalist salary isn’t exactly king-size,” he said. A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on December 18. ©2023 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Crossings over the Thames date back to Roman times, though happily the custom of displaying the heads of traitors on London Bridge ended in the seventeenth century....
...In the late Roman republic, writes Winters in his 2011 book Oligarchy, oligarchs often hired discharged soldiers from the Roman army....
...Appropriately for this ex-bank, the head chef is ex-financier Paola Colucci, who also runs the female-led Roman restaurant Pianostrada with her daughters....
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