From enchanted kingdoms to the streets of today, members of the Art Directors Guild craft the environments that bring film, television, and theater to life.
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Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
7 Jan. 2026
Each gift contained a prophecy about the identity and destiny of the newborn, while the names and kingdoms of origin of Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthazar, documented in ancient texts such as the Liber Pontificalis, reinforce the universality of the tribute.
Several countries that once abolished their monarchies—including Spain, Cambodia, and Britain (under Oliver Cromwell)—later restored them as constitutional monarchies.
Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, has similarly dropped into deep curtsies when meeting other sovereigns on trips abroad.
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Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
Wall Street, institutions and even sovereigns are migrating infrastructure onto the blockchain and ETH is well positioned to capture value through various channels.
With crops failing and fears of starvation rising, some wealthy Italian city-states like Florence and Venice imported grain from elsewhere in the world.
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Evan Bush,
NBC news,
4 Dec. 2025
An ensuing grain shortage threatened to spark a famine or civil unrest, so Italian city-states, such as Venice and Genoa, resorted to emergency imports from the Black Sea region, which helped keep the population fed.
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