What’s in Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Black Bag’? Sex, lies and high-stakes spying
Michael Fassbender is a British spy hoping to identify an agency mole who may, in fact, be his own wife (Cate Blanchett) in a ...
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Rich Tapestries Depict Pivotal Renaissance Battle at MFAH
It marked the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V’s indisputable victory ... Also on display in the exhibit will be period-era armor and weapons from the collection of the House of Farnese, an Italian ...
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Genius Warhammer 40k artist reimagines the Primarchs as 1930s cartoon characters
The dysfunctional demigods of Warhammer 40k,000’s deep lore work surprisingly well when drawn in the style of early Walt ...
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1,800-Year-Old Mini Portrait of Alexander the Great Turns Up in Surprising Location
The fitting’s dating connects it to the reign of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus ... that Alexander’s image has been found on armor in Denmark. In 1950, the drainage of a bog ...
16 People Who Died In Painfully Awkward, Embarrassing, Or Darkly Funny Ways
It's of Hans Lang, who holds the Guinness World Record for the longest natural beard for a male — his beard measured 17.6 ft long! For the record, he died naturally at age 81 of non-beard-related ...
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Rare Ancient Roman Helmet Was Just Discovered In A Strange Location, But That's Not The Strangest Part About It
The precursors to what would eventually become the Vikings were already giving Roman emperors headaches during ... While we have discovered that Roman armor and weapons made their way into Iron ...
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From a Lost Titian to Minimalist Masterpieces—The Many Showstoppers at TEFAF Maastricht
At TEFAF Maastricht 2025, Old Masters meet Minimalism, and medieval armor stands alongside Warhol and Art Deco. See highlights here.
Mons Graupius: has Scotland's Roman battleground finally been found?
It was ‘terrarum fine’ - the end of the world - and for around 20,000 soldiers who had marched north, crossing hills, swamps and rivers to ...
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Saints and sinners: Triumphs, scandals, and wars of the papacy
He personally donned armor and led campaigns to reclaim lost ... War of the League of Cognac (1526–1530) against the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. His decision to oppose Charles V ultimately ...
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Primary assemblies: St George's Day
Well, according to the legend, he was brave, he wore a suit of armour and rode a horse ... And instead of being a knight, he was a Roman soldier, at the time of Emperor Diocletian in the 4th ...