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![The story of Ella Harper, who became famous as the "camel girl"](/img/2023/the-story-of-ella-harper/the-story-of-ella-harper-540x310.jpg "The story of Ella Harper, who became famous as the "camel girl"")
22-06-2023
Summer traffic: photos of drivers in traffic jams on London ...
On a warm May morning in 1986, London photographer Chris Dorley-Brown took his camera and went to the Rolls Royce car sale to take ...
22-06-2023
Dad — a glass of port wine: how and what Russian rock stars ...
The average person imagines rock musicians as party-goers who live on the principle of "Live fast, die young" - with daily alcohol, ...
21-06-2023
Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War
On June 22, 1941, on Sunday, Nazi Germany and its allies attacked the Soviet Union: 190 divisions, more than 4 thousand tanks, 47 ...
21-06-2023
The Hajj of Emperor Musa: how the richest man in the history ...
If you ask any person about what advanced civilizations in Africa he knows, then for sure they will tell you about ancient Egypt ...
21-06-2023
This is the Wild Middle Ages: the 5 most sinful popes in the ...
There is nothing more dangerous than a fool with power. There are dozens, if not hundreds of madcap monarchs left in history, whom ...
21-06-2023
The story of the "Half-Hung Maggie" who managed to survive ...
Nowadays, in countries where the death penalty is still practiced, they do not leave the condemned a single chance. If the criminal ...
20-06-2023
See history in colors: 30 colored archive photos from ...
Parisian Sebastian de Oliveira (Sébastien de Oliveira) is a photographer and computer graphics specialist. And he is also a big ...
20-06-2023
Why are the images of Ancient Egypt so primitive
The images left by the ancient Egyptians are well known to everyone from school history lessons. At the same time, many are ...
20-06-2023
The history of ancient punishment, or what they really say: ...
Everyone knows that "there is no truth in the legs". But if you ask a person about how this expression appeared, he is unlikely to ...
20-06-2023
The story of the knight Johann Schiltberger, who spent 30 ...
Being in captivity is an ordeal for any person. The fate of such prisoners in the Middle Ages was especially unbearable. No ...
19-06-2023
"Fruit machine" for gays and other conspiracy theories that ...
Recently, conspiracy theories and everything that, one way or another, concerns conspiracies have become popular. People talk about ...
![The story of Julia "Butterfly", a girl who lived in a tree for 2 years](/img/2023/the-story-of-julia/the-story-of-julia-170x170.jpg "The story of Julia "Butterfly", a girl who lived in a tree for 2 years")
19-06-2023
The story of Julia "Butterfly", a girl who lived in ...
In 1997, Julia Lorraine Hill, known by the nickname Julia "Butterfly", climbed a tree and spent more than two years on it ...
19-06-2023
Tsar-bath: what secrets are hidden by a giant bowl in an ...
There is no need to tell what a tsar cannon or tsar bell is. Everyone knows about these gigantic, but completely useless ...
19-06-2023
Sex symbols of the 50s, or what the standard of female beauty ...
This period in the history of fashion and beauty is considered the most feminine. Excessive thinness was not in trend then. Full ...
19-06-2023
How was the wedding night of the Cossacks
Despite the fact that the Cossacks have been considered part of the Russian people for centuries, their customs differed ...
19-06-2023
How armored crusader knights escaped the heat in the Middle East
The Crusades continued from the 11th to the 15th century. The First Crusade began on August 15, 1096, and resulted in the capture ...
19-06-2023
How the expression "Who does not take risks, does not drink ...
Today, the expression "Who does not take risks, does not drink champagne" is an obvious metaphor. But it wasn't always like that. ...
18-06-2023
Eunuchs of the Sultan's court: a brilliant career in exchange ...
In the Middle Ages, in the countries of the East, a slave, having demonstrated wisdom and loyalty to the ruler, could become one of ...
18-06-2023
Cross. Pray. Have fun
A selection of retro-shots from the 20th century, which made clear that the love of God does not exclude love of entertainment. The ...
17-06-2023
Spy Cat and the Moon Explosion: The secret plans of the Cold War
During the Cold War race, countries did not choose the means. The American and Soviet governments have launched some really strange ...
17-06-2023
Illustrations of the legendary magazine La Vie Parisienne ...
The magazine La Vie Parisienne ("Parisian life") appeared in 1863 and became very popular in the first twenty years of the ...
17-06-2023
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio - the story of one short ...
Marilyn Mnro and Joe DiMaggio were husband and wife for a very short time. Their marriage lasted only 9 months, but this does not ...
17-06-2023
Memoirs of a Geisha
Geisha is an ancient and honorable profession in Japan. Geisha are not just girls for entertaining guests, they are traditions, ...
17-06-2023
Features of national marriage: a few facts about wedding ...
Wedding traditions in Russia have always been distinguished by originality. The bizarre interweaving of pagan rituals and Christian ...
17-06-2023
20 vintage photos of brides in national wedding dresses
Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of past eras with a selection of old photos of brides in national wedding dresses. These unique ...
17-06-2023
Prisoner of the Tower, or How to spend a week in the house of ...
The name Wyoming derives from the Indian word "Wyoming", which translates as "the great plain". In the Western part of the state ...