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This category is about museums.

  • The Candid Faces of Rome

    How I adore Roman portraits! Unlike their idealised Greek counterparts, they are brimming with life—somehow…

  • Red Gold for Young Türkiye

    Following centuries of military confrontation between the Ottoman and Russian Empires, Soviet Russia and Kemalist…

  • Time Is Gold

    In front of the National Museum of Ethiopia stands a monument. Emperor Haile Selassie aka…

  • Pollice verso

    Here I stand, amidst the weathered stones of an ancient Carthaginian amphitheatre—the very stage where…

  • Memento Mori

    To bid farewell to the outgoing year—and good riddance to it—I’ve prepared a small selection…