History
02.08.24
Why you can’t swim on Ilyin’s day
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, ...
30-07-2024
"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 ...
30-07-2024
Who are musume, or How Russian sailors rented Japanese wives
Japan has been a closed country for many centuries. Sailors, merchants and diplomats were the first to get to know her. First it ...
30-07-2024
1939: the last public execution in France by guillotine
Born in Germany in 1908, Eugene Weidman started stealing from a young age and, even as an adult, did not give up his criminal ...
30-07-2024
Why did the Cossacks leave a forelock on a shaved head
Forelock, or as it is also called oseledets — an indispensable attribute of the Zaporozhye Cossack. In pictures, films and even ...
29-07-2024
How the Cyclopes appeared in ancient mythology, and where do ...
The myths of Ancient Greece often mention the evil and treacherous one-eyed giants - Cyclopes. Talks about them in the ...
29-07-2024
Land and Will: how Anarcho-socialism worked in the States of ...
Americans are very offended when they are told that socialism was invented in Europe. In fact, the first half of the XIX century ...
29-07-2024
A friend among strangers: 8 real stories of people who ...
Everyone knows the story of a little boy Mowgli, who once found himself alone in the middle of the jungle and was brought up in a ...
29-07-2024
20 stunning black and white photos of Italian screen stars of ...
A wonderful selection of pictures taken by one of the first Italian paparazzi, and later by the star photographer Tazio ...
29-07-2024
1600 euros and two bottles of whiskey: How adidas bought the ...
In 1916, a small workshop appeared in the center of Helsinki under the sign Ab Sportartiklar Oy. Skis, ski poles and other winter ...
29-07-2024
Treasures electrician Ilyina, or How the Soviet collector and ...
When in 1993 in the Ukrainian city of Kirovohrad died a pensioner Alexander Borisovich Ilyin, nobody could even imagine that he ...
28-07-2024
Strange customs of the sexual life of the ancient Greeks
Each era has its own customs and traditions. It is possible that our customs, centuries later, will seem strange to someone, ...
28-07-2024
10 the bloodthirsty killers from the beginning of time to the ...
The term "serial killer" appeared only in the late nineteenth century. But this does not mean that the bloodthirsty killers never ...
28-07-2024
The heroic story of Nur Inayat Khan, an Indian princess and a ...
In 2012, a modest bust monument appeared on Gordon Square in London. A lot of memorials appear in the British capital every year, ...
28-07-2024
The story of 14-year-old George Stinney, who was executed by ...
The history of world justice is full of annoying mistakes. Unfortunately, the price of these misunderstandings is usually very high ...