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16-07-2025
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 ...
16-07-2025
13 vintage photos in which people are haunted by the shadow ...
For the first time, the shadow of an unknown man in a permanent hat appeared in photos of the 1920s, almost imperceptibly gliding ...
16-07-2025
Who and for what reason said the phrase "The main thing is ...
Everyone has probably heard that "the main thing is not victory, but participation." Participants of competitions and Olympiads, ...
16-07-2025
Unique fire mummies of Kabayan
Mummification — a relatively well-studied ancient rite of preservation of the bodies of the dead - is mainly associated with ...
16-07-2025
Memoirs of a Geisha
Geisha is an ancient and honorable profession in Japan. Geisha are not just girls for entertaining guests, they are traditions, ...
![The "great stench" in London: how the environmental disaster of the 19th century gave impetus to progress](/img/2025/the-great-stench-in-london/the-great-stench-in-london-170x170.jpg "The "great stench" in London: how the environmental disaster of the 19th century gave impetus to progress")
16-07-2025
The "great stench" in London: how the environmental ...
In the 19th century, London became the universally recognized world center of science and technology. At the same time, the capital ...
16-07-2025
22 rare celebrity photos that will take you back to the crazy 90s
Take a trip back in time: travel back to the crazy 1990s with this amazing collection of rare celebrity photos. Remember the ...
16-07-2025
Norwegian Museum Lofotr: a journey into the world of Vikings
There is a museum in the north of Norway, which is not boring, but really interesting. The main object of the Lofotr museum complex ...
16-07-2025
Creepy Parisian clubs that were lit up before it became ...
Surely you have at least once turned the wrong way in an unfamiliar city and found yourself in an area with ominous architecture. ...
16-07-2025
"Ladder of the dead" in the Austrian concentration camp ...
The Mauthausen concentration camp was located 20 kilometers east of Linz, the administrative center of Upper Austria. It was the ...
15-07-2025
15 fashion trends of the 70s that left and promised not to return
The style of the 70s can be described as diverse and eclectic. If the 60s were the beginning of a worldwide youth revolt, then in ...
15-07-2025
Montfaucon — the horror of medieval Paris
It is not difficult to guess that the death penalty by hanging has always been the most popular method of execution. Fast, ...
15-07-2025
The General Sherman tree is the largest living organism on ...
Trees are often named by scientists, and special, unique trees have their own names. The giant sequoia "General Sherman" ...
15-07-2025
Sweet datura: photos of opium dens in the USA of the XX century
The first opium dens in the United States appeared in the Chinatown of San Francisco in the 1840s and 1850s and soon captured all ...
15-07-2025
Florentine football: little for the war, but cruel for the game
Florence is not only the world capital of art, birthplace of the great Dante and the Italian literary language. This is a city ...
14-07-2025
Rats, mines, tuberculosis and other unpredictable things ...
What do dogs and Velcro have in common? And between painting and nuclear weapons? If you say nothing, you will be very mistaken. In ...
14-07-2025
Fleece, bandits, bikini with: pre-Islamic Iran to the movie ...
In January 1979, the Shah Reza Pahlavi left Tehran, leaving the "long vacation". Power passed to the Islamists, led by Ayatollah ...
14-07-2025
Why is China called the "Celestial Empire"
When talking about China, this country is often called the Celestial Empire. At the same time, residents of this country are ...
14-07-2025
"Changes? Forget!": sex tips from the past for ideal wives
Even in the "swinging 60s", which became synonymous with a rebellious time, innovation and vibrant life, the sexual topic is almost ...
14-07-2025
"Spinning houses", "chorus girls" and other features of ...
Prostitution is called the oldest profession and, most likely, this statement is not far from the truth. But in different parts of ...
14-07-2025
Scientists recreate faces of people who lived centuries ago, ...
When we want to know how to look people in the past — not only of an era before photography, but in prehistoric times, — there ...
13-07-2025
The story of the knight Goetz von Berlichingen - a mercenary ...
Nowadays it is difficult to surprise someone with a functional prosthesis. But just fifty years ago, a biomechanical arm or leg ...
13-07-2025
People without a permanent place of residence: an Italian ...
Since the time when the Roma people left India about 1500 years ago, they have been constantly subjected to discrimination and ...
13-07-2025
The incredible story of Lina Cavalieri from a music hall ...
Lina Cavalieri — one hundred years ago, this name spread throughout Europe and in Russia. Italian Opera singer has received ...
13-07-2025
Hunting for sewing machines, or Why antique dealers need ...
On August 12, 1851, the American tailor Singer patented an improved sewing machine. This ingenious invention changed the economy. ...
13-07-2025
Carnyx - the psychological weapon of the ancient Celts
In ancient wars, along with conventional weapons, psychological weapons were often used. Frightening-looking objects, and musical ...