History
03.08.22
London's Club Kids: Five Decades
31-07-2022
Fake attractions that gather crowds of tourists ready to ...
If you dream of real travel and immersion in the history and atmosphere of the place where you are going, you should avoid these ...
31-07-2022
9 world's first photos
Almost 200 years ago, the Frenchman Joseph Nicephore Niepce smeared a thin layer of asphalt on a metal plate and exposed it to the ...
30-07-2022
What the Zaschka Three Wheeler, the world's first folding ...
The inventor Engelbert Zashka was one of the first pioneers of the helicopter industry in Germany. However, this invention is not ...
30-07-2022
The story of Theodor Kittelsen, the most mysterious and ...
The whole world knows the graphic artist and illustrator Theodor Kittelsen from his drawings of mythological characters and ...
30-07-2022
Spies in skirts: female intelligence officers whose exploits ...
In the history of domestic intelligence, there are many women whose exploits are classified even after many years. But their fates ...
30-07-2022
The 10 most horrific mass suicides in the history of mankind
Mass suicides have always been perceived as cruel and terrible events. Unfortunately, they have happened more than once in the ...
30-07-2022
The exhumation told how the son of Ivan the Terrible could ...
Since school, everyone knows that Tsar John IV the Terrible killed his son John. He did this with the pointed end of the staff and ...
30-07-2022
Three extra vertebrae. On the women's backs in the paintings ...
All art is full of eroticism. Otherwise, simply can not be. But there are artists whose paintings eroticism is immediately visible, ...
30-07-2022
10 unusual theories that change the perspective on world history
There are people who believe that any historical event — it is a carefully planned action with a purpose and a part of a ...
29-07-2022
With a breeze: in Paris, you can ride a zipline from the ...
A new, breathtaking in the truest sense of the word, a way to descend from the height of the most famous Parisian landmark is ...
29-07-2022
"Changes? Forget!": sex tips from the past for ideal wives
Even in the "swinging 60s", which became synonymous with a rebellious time, innovation and vibrant life, the sexual topic is almost ...
29-07-2022
Sailing facilities: how to go to the toilet seafarers of the past
For the modern man Brigantine, running through the waves under full sail, is associated with a fresh wind travels and romantic ...
29-07-2022
The mystery of the death of King Richard the Lionheart, who ...
The English king Richard I Plantagenet, nicknamed Lionheart for his determination and bravery, ruled the kingdom for only ten years ...
29-07-2022
Who and for what reason said the phrase "The main thing is ...
Everyone has probably heard that "the main thing is not victory, but participation." Participants of competitions and Olympiads, ...
29-07-2022
Honor is more precious than life: how the samurai in Japan ...
A stunning series of vintage photos shows the life of Japanese samurai 130 years ago. Among the pictures there are also those that ...
29-07-2022
Fisherwomen in old photos
Who said that fishing is not a woman's business? Women fish as well as men, and in some countries it is not appropriate for a man ...
29-07-2022
Voronezh village Kostenki: the birthplace of the first Europeans
40 kilometers from Voronezh on the steep banks of the Don is the village of Kostenki, which scientists consider the ancestral home ...
29-07-2022
25 photos that will change your perception of world history
When you read something about history, be it a memoir, a textbook or an article, your own unique idea of how it was develops in ...
28-07-2022
Crimea in photos from different years
Today we decided to remember what Crimea has been like since the beginning of the last century: interesting, atmospheric ...
28-07-2022
The 5 most popular"can't": what was forbidden to do in Soviet ...
Discipline was an integral part of Soviet education. Numerous "no's" left almost no space for personal choice and self-expression, ...
27-07-2022
Taburetovka, gas station and govenovka: how the Soviet drunks ...
Thank you to the native party that there is no vodka on the weekend! But don't cry, my Marusya — I'll get drunk on cologne! ...
27-07-2022
Instagram models take candid photos in the Chernobyl zone and ...
Instagram stars decided to raise their rating by taking ambiguous photos in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. They published pictures ...
27-07-2022
Debunking 5 popular myths about the conquistadors and the ...
In the 16th century, the Spaniards began to send one expedition after another across the ocean and "settle down" North and South ...
27-07-2022
The Wild West in pictures by Timothy O'Sullivan
Since childhood, we have associated the Wild West with endless prairies, along which brave cowboys jump, shooting back at ...
27-07-2022
Why aluminum once cost twice as much as gold
There were times when only the most profligate rich could afford an aluminum spoon or fork. This is not surprising, because in 1852 ...
26-07-2022
25 historical photos that captured the dramatic moments of ...
History for most of us is about facts and figures. But sometimes, looking at a successful historical picture, you begin to perceive ...