King David carrying the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. Painting by Domenico Gargiulo (circa 1640), Pushkin Museum, Moscow • WIKIMEDIA COMMONS One of the most dramatic moments in the story told in the book of Exodus is when Moses, summoned by Yahweh to the top of Mount Sinai, stands in the pre
Delhi Sultanate , main Muslim sultanate in North India from the 13th to the 16th centuries. It owed its foundation mainly to the campaigns of Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Sām (Muḥammad of Ghūr; brother of Sultan Ghiyāth al-Dīn of Ghūr) and his lieutenant Quṭb al-Dīn Aibak between 1
The Roman Architecture was an important artistic manifestation of the Romans in antiquity, who favored utilitarian works and achieved great efficiency in the construction of aqueducts, public baths, bridges and markets. Roman architecture was also expressive in the construction of temples, palaces
Colonel in August 44, after the astonishing journey that led him from U.S.S.R. in London, General Billotte, who recounts his experience, commands tactical group V.Leclerc put me in charge of the main action in Paris, with Arpajon, Sceaux, the Pantheon... then the Prefecture of Police. Which program