The national literary work par excellence of Mongolia is the Secret History of the Mongols, of which the author is…
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How archaeologists found the origin of the legend of King Midas, who turned everything he touched into gold
One of the best-known legends of antiquity is that of the Phrygian king Midas, who turned everything he touched into…
When Cicero found Archimedes’ tomb in Syracuse.
Archimedes was probably the greatest mathematician of antiquity. He was born in the Sicilian city of Syracuse in 287 B.C.,…