Secrets of history 2024, October
In a few days, it will be exactly 60 years from the date when nine tourists died in the Northern Urals. Their death haunts various researchers, causing more and more new versions
When the Nuremberg trials began, our prosecutors tried to bring to justice not only the direct criminals of the Reich like Goering or Frank
Herman Gunterberg, who lives in the northwest of the Argentine Republic, can boast of a truly venerable age. In April this year, the man turned 128
The time of medieval chivalry still excites the minds of people. How noble warriors lived is known only from historical chronicles or romantic literature of that time
We have all heard about the harsh hardships of military education in ancient Sparta. But how many people know how our ancestors, the inhabitants of Russia, raised the heroes and defenders of the state? It turns out - almost as harsh as the Spartans
Diego Aviles, one of the Mexican workers involved in the construction of the pit, made an incredible discovery. As the team was digging under the structure, Aviles noticed a small circle in shape and size that resembled a coin
In Mexico, a pre-Columbian temple dedicated to the god Sipe Totek, better known as the "Flayed Lord", was first excavated. Ship-Totek was in the pantheon of Aztec deities and was considered the patron saint of fertility and renewal of nature
This church office is officially called the strengthener of faith. But more often it is called a much more sinister: the devil's advocate. Where did it come from and why did the Catholic Church need people who professionally defend the enemy of the human race?
A group of astronomers at the Tata Institute for Basic Research in India discovered a rock drawing of a cosmic phenomenon that is believed to be a supernova
Many are surprised to discover that political life is by no means alien to the writers of our time. As passions heat up around the world, writers and poets are increasingly involved in political processes
The world's oldest drawing is similar to a modern symbol. During excavations at Bombos Cave in South Africa, scientists have discovered a piece of rock with red lines in the form of a hashtag
In the American Los Angeles, two letters from the physicist Albert Einstein were put up for auction, the existence of which was not previously known, writes on Tuesday, March 26, Daily Mail
On July 18, 1918, the day after the execution of the royal family, 18 km from the city of Alapaevsk near the Nizhnyaya Selimskaya mine, another sentence was secretly carried out
Few societies are shrouded in such a dense cloud of myths and prejudices as the Freemasons. Many of the people who changed the picture of the world, one way or another belonged to this secret society. Where and when Freemasonry originated is not known exactly
Think the US won the Cold War by visiting the moon? And not without reason. But even Americans themselves sometimes think differently. And also not without reason
This conclusion was made by the FRG writer Norman Ohler, about which he told in an interview with The Guardian
Scientists recently uncovered an ancient manuscript that proves that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene and that they had children. Everything that the Vatican feared and what Dan Brown suspected turned out to be true, according to Indy100
The Roman Republic has repeatedly found itself on the brink of ruin. Oddly enough, the shocks caused by external factors could not be compared with internal turmoil. For example, at the beginning of the 1st century BC. eh
The history of the campaign was fully summarized on the basis of about 50 existing sources only in 1977 by the Dutch medievalist Peter Redts from the University of Nijmegen
Children's Crusade - this name, in historiography, was given to the popular movement of 1212
"I killed Yesenin." Confession of Nikolai Leontiev. Razomlev after a bath and a shot of vodka, the old man unfolded his palms and said wearily: "You won't believe, but with these same hands I killed Yesenin …" My partner really did not believe
150 years ago, the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad was completed in the United States. The project became one of the most ambitious scientific and technological achievements of the United States in the 19th century and led to the revival of the national economy
During the Second World War, suicide volunteer squads began to form in the Japanese troops for the first time - "Teisintai", which were used in three elements: earth, water, air
Hittite state - people who once came to Asia Minor, arose in the XVIII-XVI centuries BC. It was gaining strength very quickly
If before the invasion of the Tatars, Russia consisted of large principalities (Rostov-Suzdal, Novgorod, Kiev, Ryazan, Smolensk, Chernigov and others), then with the beginning of vassal dependence the appanage princes were able to formalize their cities
Nodular letter - a unique phenomenon in human culture. This is a type of writing that uses threads (cords) as a carrier of information, and for its encoding - knots as well as thread colors
Mysteries of history. Japanese Time Traveler Case 1954. In July 1954, Tokyo airport customs officers were confronted with a strange incident
Ivan I Danilovich Kalita (born about 1283 or 1288 - death March 31, 1340) - son of Moscow prince Daniil Alexandrovich, grandson of Alexander Nevsky, prince of Moscow, prince of Novgorod and Grand Duke of Vladimir
This woman is considered one of the most cruel criminals of the Nazi era. Journalists covering the post-war trials of war criminals nicknamed her "Buchenwald's Bitch" and "Frau Abazhur". However, not all so simple
A treasure hunter from Germany discovered an object in the vicinity of the city of Oranienburg, which is probably a component of a Nazi nuclear bomb
In September 1941, in the midst of the defensive battles of the Red Army, an order came to Leningrad: to make one million mines. The order is serious and no enterprise would have mastered it in a short time. Therefore, the local authorities decided to use the entire industry of the city and adjacent areas
Punishment of women for various crimes in Russia and in the countries of Europe and Asia varied greatly. At the same time, medieval laws of all countries recorded the loyalty of society to corporal punishment of the female population
Recently, the town of Hergiswil in Central Switzerland, which is on the shores of the famous and beloved by tourists, and by the Swiss themselves, Lake Lucerne, is notorious.- Salik.bizBloody handThis summer and autumn, several people at once, after contemplating the sunset on the banks of the Firwaldstettersee, ended up in a local hospital
The meaning of the myth about Phaethon There are a lot of myths, but one of them is - about the sad fate of the disobedient son - deserves the utmost attention. This is a myth about Phaeton. It is not very popular and gradually its contents are covered with the dust of oblivion
If you look at the modern world through the prism of the sacred texts of the Bible, it turns out that all of us - descendants of Noah, escaped on the ark during the Flood
Barmaleeva Street evokes in every person an association with the famous fairy-tale character. There is a story described in Leo Uspensky's "Notes of an old Petersburger". Once Korney Chukovsky and his friend Mstislav Dobuzhinsky were walking in the Petrogradsky district of St
The biblical story of the Flood is found in one form or another in almost all ancient peoples
It is known from the Holy Scriptures that Noah made the ark from the hard wood of gopher. The ark had three decks with bulkheads and interiors, and its hull was tarred outside and inside.This rescue vessel had very specific dimensions: it was 300 cubits long (about 135 meters), 50 cubits (about 25 meters) wide, and 30 cubits (about 15 meters) high
Every year, since 2011, archaeologists have been excavating the synagogue of an ancient village in the Lower Galilee (one of the regions of Israel)