History
04.08.24
What Riga looked like 30 years ago
02-08-2024
What is a "rendezvous with a corpse", or the most terrible ...
It is fair that any criminal should be punished, and it is in the inevitability of punishment that the main educational effect ...
02-08-2024
10 types of unusual weapons of the Middle Ages
Before the advent of computer games, people had little entertainment, except for killing each other with the help of all sorts of ...
02-08-2024
12 of the world's worst architectural disasters
An architect is a responsible and difficult job, but everyone tends to make mistakes. Miscalculations in construction can sometimes ...
02-08-2024
The Fools, the Dristunovs and the Bastards? Where did the ...
The name and surname accompany a person all his life. Therefore, it may seem strange that someone's ancestor, making a very ...
02-08-2024
Gang murder in Caddy - a crime that has remained unsolved for ...
When a murder is committed, people who have a motive are looked for first. If the crime is committed spontaneously, by a serial ...
02-08-2024
13 historical figures who were married to their relatives
In the culture of many countries, it is not customary to marry cousins or second cousins, and in some cases it is completely ...
02-08-2024
Lived sinfully-died funny: the story of the last King of ...
King Farouk I of Egypt and Sudan was, without exaggeration, the most extravagant monarch of the 20th century. He collected red ...
02-08-2024
When death comes to face, or the Story of the most beautiful ...
Death is very rarely attractive, and especially if a person falls from a great height. Evelyn McHale managed to accomplish the ...
02-08-2024
How an ordinary Soviet official married a billionaire: a love ...
In 1978, unexpectedly for everyone, the "wedding of the century" of a simple Soviet citizen Sergei Kauzov and the daughter of ...
02-08-2024
Why you can’t swim on Ilyin’s day
The Orthodox Church on August 2 celebrates the day of memory of the prophet Elijah. He is considered one of the most revered saints ...
01-08-2024
33 paintings of van Gogh that everyone should know
Vincent van Gogh — a man of strong emotions and mental States, and one of the most famous artists in the history of art. 27 ...
01-08-2024
People without a permanent place of residence: an Italian ...
Since the time when the Roma people left India about 1500 years ago, they have been constantly subjected to discrimination and ...
01-08-2024
Watching the participants of the contest "Miss universe" 50 years
They wink, correct clothes, make cute grimski, dress up, flirting with the audience, patiently waiting for the decision of the jury ...
31-07-2024
Farewell of an American woman. Pennsylvania Station. 1943
Back in 1943, LIFE magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstadt went to Penn Station to take a series of photos of the military saying ...
31-07-2024
10 crazy and bloody entertainments held at the Roman Colosseum
Ancient Rome was famous not only for its conquests. The city, considered the capital of the world, offered its residents and guests ...
31-07-2024
Personal photos of the Stones from the late 60s
July 26 is a significant date for fans of music and the legendary The Rolling Stones! Mick Jagger turns 81. This charismatic ...
31-07-2024
Who are you Mr. Bergmann: the mystery of one of the most ...
On the foggy morning of June 16, 2009, a resident of the Irish county of Sligo, Arthur Kinsell, came to the beach, near the village ...
31-07-2024
45 archival photos that you won't see in history textbooks
To better understand the present, we often turn to the past, and photos help us a lot with this. After all, many events and ...
31-07-2024
How the serf girl Parashka became the Countess Sheremeteva ...
On July 31, 1768, an amazing woman was born - Praskovya Zhemchugova. There are many great actors in the history of the Russian ...
31-07-2024
False Dmitry I: an impostor adventurer or the first reformer ...
The one we know today as the impostor tsar False Dmitry I, most likely, will remain a mystery of Russian history forever. We know a ...
31-07-2024
The airship that could — How a German aircraft broke the ...
More than a hundred years ago, the legendary flight of the Zeppelin LZ 104 airship, also known as the "African Ship", was made. The ...
31-07-2024
"Instead of culture, there are lice." Anti-Russian postcards ...
The war is waged not only on the battlefield. The most important element of large—scale armed conflicts that require the ...
31-07-2024
How did the weather vane appear and what tasks did it perform ...
Weather vanes installed on roofs indicate the direction of the wind and play the role of decoration. They appeared a long time ago, ...
30-07-2024
I was looking for copper, I found gold: 30 photos of ancient ...
Flea markets and flea markets are often associated with cheap, unwanted items, but sometimes you can find real treasures among the ...
![How the "Tomb of Christ", or the Alternative Gospel, appeared in Japan](/img/2024/how-the-tomb-of-christ-or/how-the-tomb-of-christ-or-170x170.jpg "How the "Tomb of Christ", or the Alternative Gospel, appeared in Japan")
30-07-2024
How the "Tomb of Christ", or the Alternative ...
Aomori Prefecture in the north of the Japanese island of Honshu is an agricultural region famous for its delicious apples. In ...
30-07-2024
How did the expression “Olympic calm” come about?
When they say “Olympic calm,” they mean absolute equanimity. Many people associate this expression with the Olympic Games, ...