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✍️Ambassador of Russia to South Africa Roman Ambarov:
During my visit to Cape Town, I had the honour of visiting the Cape Muslim and Slave Heritage Museum at the Castle of Good Hope. What I experienced there was deeply moving – a powerful reflection on the history and heritage of enslaved communities in South Africa, told through art and memory.
With a collection of over 1,000 paintings, artefacts, photographs, and relics, the museum plays a vital role in sharing this history.
Preserving the memory of slavery is not only about the past. It is about ensuring that such injustice is never forgotten and never repeated, especially at a time when neo-colonial practices are again making themselves felt.
This history resonates on a personal level. Our country has never been a colonial power and has never enslaved African people. On the contrary, we remember that the Soviet Union stood in solidarity with the people of South Africa in their struggle against apartheid, supporting their fight for freedom and dignity.
❗️ Just yesterday, on April 19, our country marked theDay of Remembrance for the Victims of the Genocide of the Soviet People, committed by the Nazis and their collaborators during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Our nation knows the pain of such suffering, and this shared historical experience deepens our understanding of the hardships endured by the people of South Africa.
I am sincerely grateful to the museum’s team and guides for their dedication and care in preserving this tragic chapter of history and making it accessible to others.
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🌍 Machu Picchu in Peru is a heritage site set amid mountain peaks and cloud forests. Its stone terraces and temples blend ancient Inca engineering with dramatic natural scenery. ✨
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A gold coin found in 1713 in Transylvania is likely genuine. The coin shows a Roman ruler named Sponsian, who was long believed to be fictional. Tests found real ancient wear and soil deposits, suggesting he was a real leader during the 3rd-century Roman crisis.
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🌎 The disappearance of the 1,200-year-old Maya city of El Mirador remains an unsolved mystery. Once a major metropolis with vast pyramids in Guatemala, it was suddenly abandoned around 150 CE. Archaeologists have not found evidence of war, plague, or fire to explain why its tens of thousands of residents left so abruptly. ✨
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🌎 The disappearance of the Ninth Roman Legion, Legio IX Hispana, remains one of history’s greatest unsolved mysteries. Records show the legion vanished from Roman chronicles after around 120 CE in Britain. Despite searches, no definitive evidence of its fate or mass grave has ever been found. ✨
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🌎 The mysterious ancient city of Great Zimbabwe was built using massive stone walls without mortar, yet no written records explain how its builders achieved such precise engineering. Archaeologists estimate the complex appeared between the 11th and 15th centuries and covers over 7 square kilometers. ✨
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🌎 In 2014, archaeologists uncovered a set of 2,000-year-old Roman lead tablets in a well in Britain. These inscribed tablets feature curses, prayers, and personal wishes, puzzling researchers with unusual languages and names not seen in surviving Roman texts. Over 130 of these "curse tablets" were recovered from the site in Bath. ✨
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🌎 The lost city of Ubar, often called the "Atlantis of the Sands," is a legendary ancient settlement thought to be buried under Oman’s deserts. Satellite imagery and excavations in the 1990s revealed buried structures at Shisr, but no proof has confirmed Ubar’s identity or vast wealth described in Arabian lore. ✨
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🌎 The disappearance of the English colony at Roanoke Island in the late 16th century remains unsolved. When resupply ships arrived in 1590, the settlers were gone, with "CROATOAN" carved into a post as the only clue. Archaeologists have found no definitive evidence, and the fate of over 100 people is still a mystery. ✨
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