Africa
18-11-2023
Mistress of Africa Al-Kahina: The witch the Arabs feared
In the Islamic world, men reign supreme and their authority is unshakable. Therefore, the Arab chronicles, which describe the ...
15-11-2023
Why do monkeys kill their young
Scientists have long noticed that male chimpanzees are prone to infanticide. For many years, all sorts of assumptions have been ...
10-11-2023
"Tales of the Congo": a photo project that makes the heart ...
Africa, which looks at you through the eyes of the natives living in the valley of the Congo, — alive and real. Before its ...
04-11-2023
Tunisia of the late 19th century on old colored postcards
These magnificent colored postcards show Tunisia in all its splendor: here are busy streets, impressive architecture, and just the ...
29-10-2023
Bushmen — the last battle for the first people of South Africa
The rulers of the desert, the Bushmen are a small group of hunting tribes living in the south of the black continent, mainly on the ...
28-10-2023
Charcoal portraits of hyperrealist Major Olajide
There are many excellent artists in the world, but not everyone has the gift of depicting the world realistically. An artist from ...
28-10-2023
The last secret of the Great Alexander: where did two ...
By the age of 30, Alexander, the son of King Philip of Macedon, had become the ruler of a vast empire from Greece to India. Even ...
25-10-2023
The story of the ghost boy Martin Pistorius, who became a ...
Among the many human phobias, one of the most terrible is the fear of being completely immobilized. Martin Pistorius from South ...
20-10-2023
A curious Barbarian had her nose torn off at the bazaar, or ...
The statue of Venus de Milo without hands is a symbol of the era of ancient Greece. The sculpture of a pharaoh without a nose is ...
20-10-2023
Nakuru in Kenya is a country of pink flamingos
Nakuru in Kenya is the lake of a million pink flamingos, without exaggeration. Hundreds of thousands of birds flock here, creating ...
20-10-2023
African leopards in photographs by Greg du Toit
Greg du Toit is a professional wildlife photographer. He travels a lot in Africa in search of beautiful shots and in his lens ...
19-10-2023
6 facts about the ai-ai — an animal whose name is forbidden ...
The Madagascar rukonozhka ai-ai is the only species of the rukonozhkov family and a regular participant in the anti-rating of the ...
18-10-2023
Amazakhs are indigenous light—skinned Africans related to ...
It is generally believed that the indigenous population of Africa are people with dark skin or, at least, very dark and ...
17-10-2023
The murderous power of propaganda, or How "Thousand Hills ...
We have all heard that propaganda is a deadly weapon. At the same time, many believe that this is an exaggeration. But the history ...
16-10-2023
How did the lives of the Bushman Nkjau, which played a major ...
The future actor Nkjau was born in Namibia in the Bushman village Tsumkwe. He didn't know how old he is, didn't understand why we ...
09-10-2023
Mgingo is the most populous island in the world
Mgingo Island is located on Lake Victoria in Africa. Its area is about 1.8 thousand square meters. m, and 131 people live on it in ...
01-10-2023
Striking photos of Ethiopian tribes
Spanish photographer Diego Arroyo Mendes took a series of amazing pictures of village life in Ethiopia, where people have been for ...
30-09-2023
Leopard People are cruel and mysterious killers from West Africa
From the beginning to the middle of the 20th century, there was a Leopard society in West Africa — a secret organization of ...
28-09-2023
Jury selection at Miss Zimbabwe pageant causes scandal
Recently in Zimbabwe, a country located in the south of the Dark Continent, the most beautiful girl was chosen. The Miss Zimbabwe ...
28-09-2023
The Wild Side of Africa
During his trip to Africa, the famous Italian photographer Alex Bernasconi took thousands of pictures-from hiding hippos to ...
25-09-2023
Stone Forest in Madagascar
The Tsingi du Bemaraha Nature Reserve is located on the west coast of Madagascar and is famous for its amazing stone forest. The ...
25-09-2023
A moment of black humor, or the Simple everyday life of ...
Russia is so big country that could easily shelter any "neighbors", whether Ukrainians, Tatars, Armenians or even Africans. It is ...
23-09-2023
Blondes from Africa: why the Guanches are considered ...
In ancient times, the Canary Islands were inhabited by a mysterious people who were destroyed by Europeans in the Middle Ages. ...
14-09-2023
How does the Cairo "empire of scavengers" live, dictating its ...
About 25 million people live in Cairo and its suburbs. The Egyptian capital can compete with small European states in terms of ...
13-09-2023
The Devil's Font at Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls, or "Thundering Smoke" is located in South Africa, on the Zambezi River, between the countries of Zambia and ...
09-09-2023
The Pyramids of Giza, as you have never seen them before
Egyptian photographer Karim Amr shared some spectacular photos of Cairo and the pyramids of Giza on his Instagram account, starting ...