The Golden Ass by Apuleius, a literary work of the decline of antiquity, has long become one of the favorite topics for symbolic and esoteric analysis. And t...

It would seem that there are only a few hours left until the New Year, the holiday is no longer knocking, but breaking on the door. However, a cat named Vale...

The book of poems by Viktor Somenkov “The Golden Thread” is an attempt to comprehend and express in poetic form the feelings, thoughts and moods of an ordina...

For the first time, everything about the army of Charles XII! The Great Northern War of 1700–1721. became a turning point in the history of many countries an...

—Why are you delving into hoary antiquity, who needs it? — This question is often asked to Yavdat Ilyasov, both orally and from the pages of printed media, i...

Thousands of years ago, in the greatest city of the world, Babylon, crowded markets were noisy, the Tower of Babel stretched to the sky, the Hanging Gardens ...

A talented 17th-century craftsman from the German city of Nuremberg made an amazing mechanical toy for a wealthy Eastern merchant - a golden carousel with a ...

The publication contains works that are rightfully included in the golden fund of world fiction. The stunning mysticism of Ambrose Bierce, the fantastic adve...

The gold standard is a monetary system that has existed for most of the history of human civilization. One can formulate a kind of historical law: if gold wa...

Here is a new novel by Alexandra Ripley, author of the famous “Scarlett”. His main characters, having married, become close friends and business partners. Su...