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Historiography: Will We Never Know the Truth?

Duration: 0:35:36

Eyewitness accounts, travelers' notes, reports, letters, protocols on clay tablets, papyrus, bark, parchment and paper. It would seem that we can learn a lot about what happened, but history textbooks are constantly being rewritten, and it is not only about pleasing the authorities. Historians themselves are not always sure that the information obtained from ancient documents objectively reflect what happened.

Language: Russian
Topics: HistoryGreeksEgyptRomansthe Middle Ages

Six-armed Christ and the Orthodox centaur: according to what canons are icons painted?

Duration: 0:35:58

Historian, winner of the Enlightener Prize in the Humanities nomination, Sergey Zotov has been doing scientific research in Spain, Germany, and now works in the UK . Despite his rather young age, he has already written three full-fledged books on the Middle Ages, another edition is being prepared for publication.

Language: Russian
Topics: Humanitiesthe Middle Agesthe University of ParisOrthodox ChurchGermanySpain