archeologia: Sator Square

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The Sator Square (also called the Rotas-Sator Square or the Templar Magic Square) is a two-dimensional acrostic class of word square containing a five-word Latin palindrome. The earliest squares were found at Roman-era sites and were all in ROTAS form (i.e. where the top line is "ROTAS" and not "SATOR"), with the earliest discovery at Pompeii (and dating from before the earthquake of AD 62). The earliest square with Christian-associated imagery dates from the sixth century. By the Middle Ages, Sator squares were to be found in Europe, Asia Minor, and in North Africa. In 2022, the Encyclopedia Britannica called it "the most familiar lettered square in the Western world". A significant volume…

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England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. England shares a land border with Scotland to the north and another land border with Wales to the west, and is surrounded by the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south, the Celtic Sea to the south-west, and the Irish Sea to the west. Continental Europe lies to the south-east, and Ireland to the west. The population was 56,490,048 according to the 2021 census, with nine million inhabitants in its largest city, London. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Pa…

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Nicholas II (18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918) was the last Emperor of Russia from 1 November 1894 until his abdication in 1917, during the Russian Revolution. A member of the Romanov dynasty, he oversaw the Russian Empire's role in the Russo-Japanese War and the First World War. During the Russian Civil War, Nicholas and his family were killed by the Bolsheviks. Born in Tsarskoye Selo, Nicholas was the eldest son of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna. He was educated privately and trained for military service, but was widely considered ill-prepared for the demands of ruling a vast empire. Despite ostensibly presiding over a constitutional monarchy, Nicholas resisted…