31-10-2024
Who is a gypsy baron and what functions does he perform?
We have all heard about the existence of gypsy barons. These people are surrounded by many myths and legends, but few people know ...
30-10-2024
Why do Jews bring stones to the cemetery, not flowers
You will never meet a person with flowers in a Jewish cemetery. Moreover, any flowers, cut, in wreaths, flowerpots or just in the ...
28-10-2024
Why Russian surnames have different endings?
We all know that the real Russian names end in "-in" or "s". In a pinch, in "-EV" or "likewise." Why do these groups of names one ...
28-10-2024
The last secret of the Great Alexander: where did two ...
By the age of 30, Alexander, the son of King Philip of Macedon, had become the ruler of a vast empire from Greece to India. Even ...
28-10-2024
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 ...
28-10-2024
Almost like 300 Spartans: How a squad of 21 Sikhs stopped an ...
Everyone knows about the feat of 300 Spartans, which still causes doubts among historians. But few of us know the real heroic ...
27-10-2024
"Black Cossacks" Ukrainian Cossacks who did not take prisoners
"Black Cossacks" was the most fearsome fighters of the Civil war in Ukraine. They were remembered not only for his military ...
27-10-2024
Secrets of Eskimo women: tattoos on their faces, fur thongs ...
All Eskimo men as one believe that the women of their people are the best. That is why Eskimos rarely associate their lives with ...
27-10-2024
The faces of the planet in the photo by David Lazar
Travel photographer and musician from Australia David Lazar (David Lazar) — the author of thousands of wonderful pictures taken ...
27-10-2024
To the light will take? The absurd luxury of the graves of ...
We are all guests on this earth and no matter how much of wealth is not amassed into the grave with them not to take. This is ...
26-10-2024
Rare photos of everyday life on Sakhalin of the late XIX - ...
Sakhalin is Russia's largest island in the Pacific Ocean. The population of the island according to the latest data is about 489 ...
24-10-2024
Sororate Dating comido, polygyny and 9 unusual family relations
If you ask each of us how many types of marriage, he knows that the majority will remember the traditional, the civil and maybe ...
23-10-2024
Like a wild people in Germany were accustomed to the vaunted ...
It is known that the Germans — this is the most prone to the order and discipline nation on the planet. But, on the other ...
23-10-2024
Traditional masks of Iranian women
Although many eastern women say they wear their headdresses and masks for religious reasons, the tradition predates Islam. Rural ...
23-10-2024
20 oddities that surprise foreigners in Japan
The originality of Japanese culture is expressed in many things. The Japanese are not like us in everything, starting with the ...
21-10-2024
Why do Jews stretch kilometers of fishing line over cities ...
It is known that Jews are a smart and resourceful people. They are so clever that they manage to gracefully bypass their own ...
19-10-2024
This is not the end: the most bizarre burial rituals of the world
In the European tradition funeral is a somber occasion, which only emphasizes deliberate, serious rituals, clothing relatives and ...
18-10-2024
10 strange things in South Korea
In 2010, the capital of South Korea, 10-million Seoul, received the honorary title of the capital with the best design. This city, ...
16-10-2024
How did the Yagans live and why did they disappear — the ...
Tierra del Fuego is an archipelago of more than 40 thousand islands located in the very south of the mainland of South America. It ...
16-10-2024
For that, the last master of the knights Templar cursed the ...
On January 21 1793, the French revolutionaries beheaded king Louis XVI of the Bourbon. Someone in the crowd shouted that the master ...
15-10-2024
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, ...
14-10-2024
A complete list of the wives of Ivan the terrible. Do not ...
Tsar Ivan the terrible created for himself the image of the monk on the throne, who is forced not to pray, and to rule. His ...
14-10-2024
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 ...
14-10-2024
The battle for the wooden bucket. Who won the most stupid war ...
In 1325 between the Italian cities of Bologna and Modena, there was a battle, which killed thousands of people. The reason for the ...
14-10-2024
Alaska Eskimos in priceless historical photographs of 1903 - 1930
The Lomen family from Minnesota moved to the city of Nome in 1903, at a time when thousands of prospectors rushed to Alaska in ...
12-10-2024
What facial features can tell you about what part of Russia ...
It is believed that the Russians are a nation that is quite homogeneous in its anthropometry and genetics. Residents of different, ...