History
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Deadly striptease in Auschwitz
09-10-2025
Mystical cases of mass disappearance of people, and remained ...
Any crime leaves traces. This is an immutable truth, from which investigators and criminologists around the world start. A person ...
09-10-2025
"Aretino Poses– - medieval Kama Sutra from Europe, which ...
The genre of erotic art has been known since ancient times and it existed in different parts of the world. We are well aware of the ...
09-10-2025
How did the fashion for huge wigs appear in Europe and what ...
We are all familiar with the image of an aristocrat of the 17th-18th century. Stockings, a lush lace frill collar, buckled shoes, a ...
09-10-2025
35 color photos from the past and the history behind them
Now it's hard to imagine that once it was impossible to just get a smartphone and instantly take a picture, and then process it as ...
09-10-2025
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 ...
09-10-2025
Stars of the 80s: young, bright and unbridled
The 1980s were a truly revolutionary decade — in everything related to fashion, music, cinema, etc. Here are some candid (and ...
08-10-2025
10 trademarks that have become household names
Sometimes using one or another product name, you think about its origin. We decided to reveal the secret of the formation of ...
08-10-2025
Incredible color photos of Japan of the XIX century
The Japanese allowed foreigners to trade in the ports of the country only in the middle of the XIX century. It was then that ...
08-10-2025
The story of Isaac and Rose, Slave children from New Orleans, ...
The boy and the girl looked at the camera. They were old enough to understand their task: to stand still, hands clasped, and direct ...
08-10-2025
"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 ...
08-10-2025
27 creepy photos of an abandoned farmstead
Deep in the woods of Maryland stands a house full of secrets. This late-19th-century farmstead is a kind of time capsule of a ...
08-10-2025
The Beautiful Carolina Otero: How a Former Prostitute Drove ...
The French courtesan Carolina Otero was called the "Queen of Paris". She was admired not only in France, but also in ...
08-10-2025
How mice helped defeat the Red Army of the Germans in the ...
When people talk about the contribution of animals to the victory over Nazi Germany, dogs and horses are most often remembered. The ...
08-10-2025
How the "City of the Dead" appeared in the Dargava Gorge, ...
There are many mysterious places covered with legends on the world map. There are also truly mystical ones among them, where a ...
08-10-2025
Bright and tragic life of Princess Margaret, the sister of ...
Among the Royal family always had a lot of interesting and unusual personalities. And one of the examples is the younger sister of ...
08-10-2025
Why do medieval drawings show snails fighting knights?
Medieval art sometimes amazes with its unusual images. On the pages of manuscripts of that time you can find a variety of monsters ...
08-10-2025
8 incredible scenes from historical films that actually happened
The creators of historical films often conjure up some moments to make the plot more exciting. But in this collection you will find ...
07-10-2025
The history of soap: how sewage began to be used for cleanliness
It is difficult for modern people to imagine life without soap. This simple hygiene product takes pride of place in the consumer ...
07-10-2025
How Britain's trade with Russia influenced the history of ...
We are used to the fact that all the most advanced and high-quality products come to us from other countries. But this was not ...
07-10-2025
"I have learned what a woman's power over men is": the ...
On August 7, 1876, Mata Hari was born — a spy and a courtesan, surrounded by a halo of mystery. This woman became a legend during ...
07-10-2025
Why Muslim men are forbidden to wear silk and gold
Islam — it is the religion of enjoining the believers to adhere strictly to certain rules and rituals. Most of them are ...
07-10-2025
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 ...
07-10-2025
The collection is simple and stunning photographs of the ...
The past has passed and will never return, but examining a bundle of old pictures, you can again feel an attack on paper and light ...
07-10-2025
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 ...
06-10-2025
Deadly and beautiful weapons from the ninja arsenal
In 15th-century feudal Japan, secret mercenaries were spies, scouts, and assassins. They were called ninjas, and they needed ...
06-10-2025
The ball of metamorphoses, or Why Russian empresses dressed ...
Empress Elizabeth Petrovna was distinguished by her cheerful disposition and stormy imagination. The daughter of Peter I adored ...