During his working trip to Dagestan, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the architectural and archaeological complex of the Naryn-Kala citadel and the Juma Mosque in Derbent that have federal monument status and are UNESCO World Heritage sites. (more…)
Between 17 and 28 April the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) will hold its 22nd session at the UN Headquarters in New York under the theme “Indigenous Peoples, human health, planetary and territorial health and climate change: a rights-based approach”. (more…)
Six Sufi masters: Khwaja Mu’in al-Din, Ghaus al-A’zam, Khwaja Qutb al-Din, Shaikh Mihr, Shah Sharaf Bu ‘Ali Qalandar and Sultan-ul-Mashaikh. (more…)
Not every serial killer should necessarily be either a social outcast or a sociopath. Some of them are good at disguise and may at times have a reputation of exemplary society members. Biographies of many famous serial killers of the USSR era testify to this.
Chikatilo helped to catch himself
Andrey Chikatilo, a serial killer from Rostov, committed his first crime in 1973, the last in 1990. Chikatilo killed 53 women and children in all that time. (more…)
One can get a glimpse of it from the memoir of famous French painter and sculptor Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 – 1904), written at the end of 1903, recalling his first meeting with another French painter Charles Jalabert in 1840: (more…)
Recreation in a Russian Camp, 1855: An oil painting by the famous French painter and sculptor Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 – 1904) (more…)
An oil painting by the famous French painter and sculptor Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 – 1904) (more…)
Dürre ermöglicht Ausgrabung eines ehemaligen Zentrums im Reich von Mittani
Ein Team aus deutschen und kurdischen Archäologinnen und Archäologen hat am Tigris eine 3400 Jahre alte Stadt aus der Zeit des Mittani-Reichs freigelegt, die aus dem Wasser des Mosul-Stausees aufgetaucht war. Ermöglicht wurde dies, weil der Wasserspiegel des Sees aufgrund extremer Trockenheit im Irak rapide abgesunken war. Bei der ausgedehnten Stadtanlage mit Palast und mehreren Großbauten könnte es sich um das alte Zachiku handeln. Dieses dürfte ein wichtiges Zentrum im Großreich von Mittani gewesen sein (ca. 1550–1350 v. Chr.). (more…)
