History
11-02-2022
Scientists have solved the mystery of "Game of death" in ...
Popular in Ancient Egypt Board game "Senet" or "game of death" was popular among all sections of society about 5 thousand years ...
11-02-2022
Three in a bed: the king, who was a schoolmaster in love
Kings can do everything, but they don't own my heart. Many monarchs were not happy in my personal life, married to those who were ...
11-02-2022
15 historical facts that allow you to look at time from a ...
It would seem that execution using the guillotine is something from the very distant past. But it was canceled in the same year ...
11-02-2022
Fairs, matchmakers, marriage announcements: how to look for ...
Sad statistics show that in our era of the Internet in Russia is full of lonely people. Many sites and applications offer to get ...
11-02-2022
The history of the "Black rose": widowed at the age of 16, ...
Love story is a classic of Russian literature, Alexander Griboyedov and the Georgian Princess Nina Chavchavadze so tragic, that it ...
11-02-2022
"Think how we died": a horror story in the Dachau ...
On April 29, 1945, Dachau concentration camp was liberated by units of the 45th Infantry Division of the 7th American Army. On this ...
10-02-2022
Unknown photos of Hitler's bunker taken in April 1945
On April 30, 1945, when Germany's defeat in the war became an obvious fact, Adolf Hitler shot himself and his wife Eva Braun in his ...
10-02-2022
How did people with disabilities live in medieval Europe
Nowadays, disability implies a whole range of medical, legal and social factors. The rights of people with disabilities are ...
10-02-2022
The story of the adventurer Lola Montez, who almost became a ...
The XIX century can rightly be called the golden age of courtesans, impostors and adventurers. No era has given the world so many ...
09-02-2022
"Bread and water are our food": what and how they ate in ...
Today we can go to the supermarket or to the market and choose any products according to our taste and desire. The situation was ...
09-02-2022
How people waited for mobile phones: 18 photos from the past
Before Motorola introduced the first portable phone in 1973, ordinary people also thought that the phone should be more convenient, ...
09-02-2022
What was Europe like after World War II
73 years have passed since the end of the Second World War, but unknown materials about the war still appear from time to time. ...
08-02-2022
6 magnificent triumphal arches of Russia
Most of them were built in honor of the great victory. But there is also the one who glorifies socialist labor. We chose the most ...
08-02-2022
Did the Shamakhan Tsarina from Pushkin's "Tale of the Golden ...
Pushkin's fairy tale "The Tale of the Golden Cockerel", written by the poet in 1934, is familiar to everyone. If you haven't even ...
08-02-2022
Fear and disgust in Sumer, or What representatives of ancient ...
Almost all the holidays that exist today, in one way or another, are associated with ancient agricultural cults. Settlement and ...
07-02-2022
"We will bury you!" and other mistakes in translation that ...
Sometimes much more depends on accurate and correct translation than just understanding the interlocutor. Below we will tell you ...
07-02-2022
How the corpse of a bandit from the Wild West worked as a ...
Even children know that skeletons, zombies and monsters in the fear room are not real. But it turns out there are exceptions. In ...
07-02-2022
Why is steam always visible in the alleys in New York movies
Many movie lovers have noticed that in Hollywood pictures where the action takes place in In New York, there is steam in the ...
07-02-2022
Why did people go to bed twice a night in the Middle Ages
A good sound sleep is the key to health. That's what we've all been taught since childhood. Of course, in order to get enough ...
07-02-2022
Borsch, dumplings and 5 dishes that are mistakenly believe ...
The question of what true Russian cuisine is very controversial. Culinary authors in Russia until the nineteenth century was not ...
06-02-2022
Women are war photographers
There is a long history of women photographers working in war zones, and many of them play a critical role in shaping the ...
06-02-2022
How Slavonic slaves appeared in medieval Europe
When they talk about Slavs in slavery, we immediately imagine blonde half-naked girls in luxurious oriental seraglios, next to ...
05-02-2022
How balalaika appeared in Russia and why the church forbade them
Every nation has its own musical instruments. The Japanese have shamisen, the Americans have banjo, the Scots have bagpipes, the ...
04-02-2022
5 oprichniks of Ivan the Terrible, remaining in history
The date of foundation of the oprichnina is considered to be February 3, 1565. It was on this day that Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible ...
04-02-2022
Who are the hay girls and what tasks did they perform in the ...
In the estates of landlords under serfdom, servants of various profiles lived and worked. It was believed that the more servants a ...
04-02-2022
Prostitution in Mesopotamia - brothels at temples and a lot ...
You can often hear that prostitution is the oldest profession. But is it possible to determine the era when the first real ...