Images Dated 2020 February

Gold, Silver, Lapis and Obsidian in the Splendid Swords of the Kings - The Royal Treasure

Gold, Silver, Lapis and Obsidian in the Splendid Swords of the Kings - The Royal Treasure of Dorak c.3000 BC - report of the finds from the excavations by James Mellaart, Assistant Director, The British Institute of Archaeology, Ankara. A small cemetery consisting of two Royal cist graves and two pithos burials of servants was found high up on a hill slope near the village of Dorak, on the southern shore of Lake Apolyont (Vilayet of Bursa) in North-west Turkey near the Sea of Marmara. Date: 1959

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Priscilla and the Profligate, Duke of Yorks Theatre, London

Priscilla and the Profligate, a play by Laura Wildig, at the Duke of York's Theatre, London, produced by Charles Hawtrey.
circa 1920s

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

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Empedocles of Akragas, Greek philosopher

Empedocles of Akragas (fl. 444-443 BC), Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher, doctor, statesman and priest, best known for originating the cosmogonic theory of the four classical elements. Akragas (now Agrigento) was a Greek city in Sicily.
BCE

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