History
05-11-2023
Then and now: 30 interesting photos that show the passage of time
Our world is changing rapidly, and some photos from the past in comparison with the present tell whole stories of decades in ...
05-11-2023
The blue color has its own legends
Blue paint used to be extracted from the semi-precious mineral lapis lazuli, it was expensive and very valuable, but then an ...
05-11-2023
He's not Ivan IV: how were the early years of Tsar Ivan ...
The personality of Ivan the terrible in Russian history, stands out in brightness and inconsistency. At the mention of the king ...
04-11-2023
What was the ideal of male beauty in Rus'
Women from different eras are very similar in their views on life. However, there are some major differences. For example, the ...
04-11-2023
World war Bronze age: who won the first battle in European ...
Historians believed that during the Bronze age, Northern Europe was a backward region. However, findings on the German river ...
04-11-2023
"In Ancient Rome, no sex!": as previously fought for morality
Human history knows two trends: the first is craving for sex and the second — the struggle with sex. Why do so — let him think ...
04-11-2023
1922 — opening of Tutankhamun 's tomb
On November 4, 1922, the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun was discovered in Egypt. The tomb is located in the Valley of the Kings, and ...
04-11-2023
The most dizzying photos from the construction of New York ...
In 1884, the construction of the first skyscraper was started in Chicago. It had as many as 10 floors! However, at the beginning of ...
04-11-2023
20 Vintage Ads And Commercials That May Intrigue And Fascinate
If you take a quick look at fashion magazines or some home decor ideas that are trending, you might see quite a few vintage items ...
04-11-2023
Tunisia of the late 19th century on old colored postcards
These magnificent colored postcards show Tunisia in all its splendor: here are busy streets, impressive architecture, and just the ...
04-11-2023
How cats went to sea
Who said cats don't like water? Well, maybe they don’t like it, but they’re certainly not afraid. And these old photographs ...
03-11-2023
Rostov "Fantomas": The bloody history of the Tolstopyatov ...
The gang of "Fantomas" kept Rostov-on-Don in fear for five long years. This gang has 14 armed robberies and several human lives on ...
03-11-2023
The mysterious and traceless disappearance of cyclist Tara Kaliko
On September 2, 1988, Tara Calico, a resident of the small town of Belen, New Mexico, USA, went for a bike ride. When the ...
03-11-2023
Miracle Lee Kuan yew or Singapore tackle corruption and ...
Singapore was not always a prosperous state. Today it is called a miracle, and millions of tourists and entrepreneurs are choosing ...
03-11-2023
Pierre de Bayard - a knight without fear or reproach, who ...
In combination with the word “knight” we often hear the expression “without fear or reproach.” But was it really like that? ...
03-11-2023
Ruth Orkin's legendary photo series "An American Woman in ...
Photographer Ruth Orkin became famous thanks to the picture "An American woman in Italy", taken by her in 1951. On it she captured ...
03-11-2023
The Aztec god Xochipilli turned out to be the patron saint of ...
If the ancient gods had a rather narrow specialization, then the American ones were famous for their diverse interests. The Aztecs, ...
03-11-2023
Riding an electric car: how the passengers of the Titanic and ...
The journey from Europe to America on an ocean liner at the beginning of the XX century took almost a week. It is clear that the ...
03-11-2023
Partisan Simon Seguan: how a girl in shorts became a symbol ...
18-year-old Simone Segouin, also known under the pseudonym Nicole Minet, was determined to rid France of fascism. She joined the ...
03-11-2023
The Mysterious Murder of Two Mary Morriss - Serial Killer or ...
In the history of American criminology there are many mysterious crimes that have not yet been solved. One of them is the murder of ...
02-11-2023
Harems of the Middle Kingdom: hierarchy, recorded sex and ...
Turkish and Persian harems are well known to everyone, many poems and novels have been written about them, as well as historical ...
02-11-2023
How Fyre Festival became the worst music festival in history
Tickets to the Fyre Festival music festival cost several thousand dollars. The event promised to be grandiose, but something went ...
02-11-2023
The touching story of Mikhail Lomonosov's German love
Many great people had a peculiar idea of relationships and were not particularly loyal. The Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov ...
02-11-2023
Why Sophia Loren didn't shave her armpits at the peak of ...
Despite the fact that Sophia Loren is now 88 years old, she is still popular and discussed. There are a huge number of photographs ...
02-11-2023
The story of Baldwin IV — the leper king "without a face", ...
Kings in all times is called sun and the subjects should have been familiar with his monarch in the face. But there is in history ...
02-11-2023
6 reasons why ancient statues have such small penises
Many are surprised to note that the ancient statues of gods and heroes have catastrophically small penises. It seemed that the cult ...