Danger: Diabolik (1968)
Danger: Diabolik
Diabolik (Italy)
1968 Italy | France
Direction: Mario Bava
Actors: John Philip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel PiccoliBased on the Italian comic series Diabolik by Angela and Luciana Giussani. A criminal named Diabolik (John Phillip Law), who plans large-scale heists for his girlfriend Eva Kant (Marisa Mell), is pursued by Inspector Ginko (Michel Piccoli), who blackmails the gangster Ralph Valmont (Adolfo Celi) into catching Diabolik for him.
John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell / production still from Mario Bava’s Diabolik [English title - Danger: Diabolik] (1968)
Gold Bowl from the Oxus Treasure
Thisgoldbowl was decorated with pushed-out lobes and lions standing on their hind-legs with their front paws raised. The shape and decoration of the bowl was made by hammering. Part of theOxus treasure, from Takht-i Kuwad, Tajikistan.AchaemenidPeriod, 5th to 4th centuries BCE. (The British Museum, London)Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Kesh Temple Hymn
The Kesh Temple Hymn (c. 2600 BCE) is the oldest work of literature in the world, sometimes referenced as the oldest extant religious poem. It is a Sumerian praise song to the goddess Ninhursag and her temple in the city of Kesh, composed in eight sections of “houses” progressing from the temple’s foundation to a cautionary welcome.
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