History
01-07-2023
What were the rules of hygiene in ancient Egypt
Nowadays, there is an opinion that earlier people did not really follow the cleanliness and washed themselves from case to case. In ...
01-07-2023
Photos of the New York subway of the 1940s, taken by a young ...
Before Stanley Kubrick began making great science fiction and horror films, one of his first attempts to become famous was working ...
01-07-2023
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 ...
29-06-2023
War is a woman's business: DNA analysis confirmed the ...
The legends of the Viking age about fearless female warriors who fought side by side with men have long aroused suspicions that at ...
29-06-2023
10 women who went down in history as the most scandalous persons
At all times, a woman could lead, violating the unwritten "code of rules of proper ladies". Not all ladies had the courage to go ...
29-06-2023
How the British protected loved ones from body snatchers
Students of the Faculty of Medicine in the UK of the XVIII century found themselves in a difficult situation. They used to use the ...
29-06-2023
The priest who became a legend: the story of the famous ...
In the 80s poster with the image of the girl hung in the room of every teenager, and publishing, which published most of these ...
28-06-2023
The Chinese Cultural Revolution of the 60s and 70s in ...
Propaganda posters from the time of the Chinese Cultural Revolution of 1966 & #8212; 1976 clearly show how at that time the country ...
28-06-2023
The Paris glitch, or How all the pendulum clocks stopped in ...
There are sometimes phenomena in the world that science cannot explain. One of them is the so—called "Paris Clock failure". On ...
28-06-2023
"How the London dandy is dressed...", or What we know about ...
The phrase from Pushkin's "Eugene Onegin" about London dandies is understood by few. This is not surprising, since the word "dandy" ...
27-06-2023
But women's heels has nothing to do with who is actually in ...
In the past, the word pussy had a completely different meaning. It is not meant a man who's mistreating his wife, and belonged to ...
27-06-2023
One against all: why car mechanic Marvin Himeyer is called ...
Marvin Himeyer — a simple American hard worker, faced with the arbitrariness of a large corporation and city authorities. When it ...
27-06-2023
Immodest hygiene: how noble ladies went to the toilet on the ...
With all the luxury and comfort that accompanied the life of the inhabitants of medieval castles, there were no elementary ...
27-06-2023
"Hell on wheels": stunning photos of the New York subway of ...
In 1979, 250 serious crimes per week were registered in the New York subway. There were six murders in the first two months of that ...
27-06-2023
25 most interesting ancient artifacts
It's always interesting to look at something that people used hundreds or even thousands of years before you were born. It seems ...
27-06-2023
Right of the first night: how it worked and why is was taken ...
Right of first wedding night, which we today consider barbaric and humiliating custom, were previously perceived not so clear. The ...
27-06-2023
24 interesting but obscure subject, which I had to ask in the ...
Interesting findings could be waiting for us anywhere. We often stumble upon them when dismantle old things when moving to a new ...
27-06-2023
The revolution without pants: how the hippies of the 60s hung out
"The rabbit was mussing a cabbage leaf, in the 69th year there was the famous Woodstock Festival" - Yegor Letov composed on the ...
26-06-2023
Tips for pregnant women of the past: from just ridiculous to ...
The task of every decent pregnant woman is to ensure a healthy and happy 9 months of waiting. Even today's expectant mothers find ...
26-06-2023
10 strange sex toys from the past: a riding simulator and a ...
Modern adult stores sell so many sophisticated toys, costumes and devices that everyone can find something to their taste there. ...
26-06-2023
Historical facts that will make you take a different look at ...
When you start studying history at school, it seems that the construction of the pyramids and Cleopatra were a very long time ago ...
26-06-2023
22 atmospheric images of the 90s that evoke nostalgia
Surprisingly, the difficult and even dangerous 90s most often cause nostalgia. Perhaps this is due to the fact that these were the ...
26-06-2023
Why some women in Russia were forbidden to eat cherries
In the European part of Russia, cherries are one of the favorite summer treats. It is not only very tasty, but also rich in ...
26-06-2023
Life with an outstretched hand: how they begged in tsarist Russia
Popular wisdom says that you should not renounce prison and the purse. If everything is obvious in the first case, then you can ...
26-06-2023
The sun of our ancestors: photos resort of Crimea 70s
To turn the Crimea in the all-Union health resort instructed the great (as they said) Lenin. Alternatives to admit, was not much, ...