History
10-01-2022
Our beautiful ancestors
Looking at the photos of the past, we tend to believe that our ancestors were hardly beautiful, the fault of which is the ...
10-01-2022
What secret do Victorian Era photographs keep
During the reign of Queen Victoria in Great Britain, with the advent of such a miracle as photography, quite strange practices were ...
10-01-2022
A skeleton of a baby of the II century with an elongated ...
During excavations on the Kerch Peninsula, archaeologists found the burial of a baby dated to the II century of the new era. A ...
09-01-2022
What did the beautiful Claudia Mori, the wife of Adriano ...
Adriano Celentano and his wife Claudia Mori have been over 70 for a long time, and they just adore each other as before. Although ...
08-01-2022
What was the fate of the world's first supermodel
She was called "Miss Manhattan" and the American Venus. In the 1910s, Audrey Manson was the most sought-after model in the world. ...
06-01-2022
Facial tattoos are a sacred tradition of Maori women
Maori women are traditionally tattooed on the chin during adolescence. This drawing, called "moko kauae", is considered a visual ...
06-01-2022
Mae West is a scandalous actress who became America's first ...
Once, as a joke, Mae West said that she should be given a license to invent sex, which she discovered for Americans. The name of ...
06-01-2022
"Larechnaya" Moscow, which we have lost
Yes, stalls and tents - it was convenient. You get out of the subway, and you have a choice of hundreds of goods: socks, thread, ...
06-01-2022
What do the famous handsome men who drove the girls of the ...
Every girl knew all these actors and musicians in the 1990s, and every second was a fervent fan of one of them. But time goes by, ...
06-01-2022
What was London like before Banksy: street art of the 80s
In the 80s, a craze for street art began in the British capital. More and more graffiti began to appear on the streets: from ...
04-01-2022
Women who ruled Paris from bed: a scandalous catalog with ...
In the 19th century, prostitution was legal in France. For the convenience of customers, each district of Paris published a booklet ...
04-01-2022
What the business class of a Swiss airline looked like in the 60s
The Swiss airline Swissair recently published a photo from its archives of the 60s. Passengers in those days flew like kings: ...
01-01-2022
Eunuchs of the Sultan's court: a brilliant career in exchange ...
In the Middle Ages in the countries of the East, a slave, demonstrating wisdom and loyalty to the ruler, could become one of the ...
01-01-2022
Mass burial of children with coins in their mouths found in ...
Even in densely populated areas of Europe, the earth hides a lot of archaeological mysteries that sometimes pop up quite ...
01-01-2022
5 secrets of ancient Egypt that we never knew about
For some of us, the pyramids of Egypt are no more than a tourist attraction. However, with scientific advances come exciting new ...
01-01-2022
What 6 celebrities looked like who didn't live up to ...
There are countless beauty standards in the world of cinema, and the industry prefers to hire beautiful people with perfect smiles ...
01-01-2022
The Incredible Lee Miller: how a famous model became a war ...
She built a dizzying modeling career in Paris and became the muse of Man Ray and Pablo Picasso. And then she exchanged bohemian ...
01-01-2022
5 plastic surgeries that the stars have made a cult
The popularity of plastic surgery is directly related to the star Olympus. And if in the last century women could afford a ...
31-12-2021
20 nostalgic photos about what Soviet youth wore
We often talk about fashion, how it changes, what new items appear and what old traditions come back again. But was this fashion in ...
31-12-2021
Size matters: oh, these women's hairstyles of the 60s
Fashion is constantly changing, and this is especially noticeable in archival photographs that tell about how people looked in the ...
30-12-2021
"Goodbye, my friend, goodbye": 5 versions of Sergei Yesenin's ...
On December 28, 1925, the great Russian poet Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin died. And his death became one of the most mysterious and ...
27-12-2021
"Love in female form" by Marina Tsvetaeva. What kind of ...
Marina Tsvetaeva has never been a prude. In addition to her beloved husband Sergei Efron, there was a place in her life for another ...
27-12-2021
The 10 most horrific mass suicides in human history
Mass suicides have always been perceived as cruel and terrible events. Unfortunately, they have happened more than once in the ...
27-12-2021
Archive photos that captured rare historical moments
Sometimes a single photo can tell a lot more than all those dry paragraphs of historical references. These pictures will tell you ...
27-12-2021
10 facts about Cleopatra
One of the most famous and influential women in history, without a doubt, was Cleopatra, the last queen of Hellenistic Egypt. She ...
27-12-2021
The history of Nike Cortez sneakers – the most criminal ...
In the USA, the best and sometimes the only way to recognize a gangster is to look at his sneakers. Each gang in the States has its ...