La revolución rusa de 1917

En 1853, el británico Richard Burton se disfrazó de derviche afgano para unirse a los peregrinos a La Meca y cumplir su sueño de visitar los lugares santos del islam. 

Pocos personajes del Antiguo Egipto han despertado tanta curiosidad y a la vez tanto escepticismo como Ramsés II. 

‏آخر فصلٍ من الثورة الروسية، الحرب التي تركت الندبة في جبين روسيا إلى اليوم 

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