Secrets of history 2024, October
220 years ago, on October 16, 1791, in the Romanian steppe, 40 versts from the city of Iasi, a carriage stopped near the village of Pyrlitsy. From there, carefully … He looked around and said with satisfaction: “That's all. Nowhere to go, I'm dying
What is the most valuable UK book in every respect? And which book has the scariest title? When was it published and what is it dedicated to?
Few people know that the city of Veliky Novgorod, mentioned in historical documents, has nothing to do with modern Novgorod: the chronicles speak of another ancient Russian city - Yaroslavl
It has been 120 years since Bram Stoker's famous novel "Dracula" was published, and the image of the famous vampire began its march across the Earth
Orphanages are an initiative that emerged in Russia during the reign of Catherine the Great. Such houses were built in Moscow and St. Petersburg and were intended for orphans, foundlings and other "dysfunctional" babies
Colchis - this is today's Georgia. In those days, as scientists believe, the inhabitants of the Caucasus had a rather interesting way to mine gold in the rivers
King of Egypt Ptolemy II Philadelphus was the son of one of the companions of Alexander the Great - Ptolemy I Soter, under whom the famous Museion and the Library appeared in Alexandria, where about half a million books were kept
Our entire life from the very beginning is conditioned by two factors - natural and social environment
Approximately 71% of the earth's surface is occupied by the world's oceans, and so far we have explored only a small part of it - on the strength of five percent. In the depths of the ocean lies a lot of interesting and unexplored, and exploring all this is a matter of the future
The Sumerians, Scandinavian Druids, Indian mediums and Mayan priests knew about it. All peoples of the world have a legend about her. - Salik.bizThrone room of the futureIn the 1990s, the Evdokia Marchenko school operated in Yekaterinburg, which at that time was engaged in the study of the biofield, human aura, its energy channels and unusual possibilities, and offered healing practices
This "black book" did not just talk about magical rituals and practices, but itself possessed extraordinary and destructive power …The people dubbed it “the Bible of the devil”. At least, under this name it is known in Russia. As the legends say, the history of the manuscript dates back to the time of Byzantium, and it contained information received from the Roman and Egyptian sorcerers-Satanists.- Sal
The funds of the Cabinet of Western European Books keep amazing historical monuments. Among them is the book "Steganography, that is, the True art of discovering with the help of secret writing the motives of one's soul to distant people" by Abbot Trithemius
Earlier I wrote an article The Book of 1601 confirming the falsification of history.The article received a lot of both good reviews and negative accusations of the author's incompetence. I am writing another article confirming the greatness of our ancestors and hushed up by modern historians
According to the fourth century Christian writer Jerome, Annals and History, the two major works written by Tacitus consisted of a total of thirty books. About half of this historical dilogy has come down to us
Archaeologists have found 1,700-year-old skeletons in Peru that were missing some bones, as they were used to create jewelry. Found 32 skeletons in Peru, belonging to the Moche and Lambayeque cultures, were missing parts of the lower limbs
An archaeological expedition, working under the auspices of the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities in the Aswan province in the south of the country, discovered a hitherto unknown ancient burial site dating back to the last centuries of the dynastic period in Egyptian history
Archaeologists working on a mound in the Rostov region have made a number of unique finds. The burial mound contains sacrifices and burial sites for a number of archaeological cultures
The biblical story of how the waters of the Red Sea miraculously parted for Moses and the Israelites who fled from the pharaoh could have actually happened, scientists suggest based on a new computer model
Bible - one of the most popular and most read books in the world. At the same time, modern research by geologists, archaeologists and historians often allows for a different look at ancient religious texts
"Discovering ancient mysterious knowledge - the weak in spirit will be trampled, and the strong will rise incredibly"
The beginning of the XX century. Fierce rivalry between the shipping companies of Scandinavia, Germany, France, Britain and the USA. Each of them tried to increase the volume of passenger traffic between Europe and North America
History has not brought to us reliable information about the time of the appearance of professional treasure hunters in Russia. We only know that already in the 15th century there were people specializing in the search for ancient "baggage" and "treasures"
Philip IV did not get his nickname Handsome for nothing. Correct facial features, large fixed eyes, wavy dark hair. He looked like a magnificent sculpture, motionless and bewitchingly inaccessible in its majestic detachment
Emperor Nicholas I Nicholas I Pavlovich - Born: June 25 (July 6) 1796. Died: February 18 (March 2) 1855 (age 58)
Inessa Fedorovna Armand (nee Steffen) (born April 26 (May 8) 1874 - death September 24, 1920) - adventurer and activist of the Russian revolutionary movement. AND
Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny (born April 13 (25), 1883 - death October 26, 1973) - military leader, participant in the Civil War, commander of the First Cavalry Army, Marshal of the Soviet Union, three times Hero of the Soviet Union, Full St George Knight
"Mysterious". Any text about the Etruscans begins with this word. Whether a gray-haired scientist or a journalist with a mustache talks about a disappeared people, he inevitably uses this "definition"
For our ancestors, who spent almost a year, with the exception of only three summer months, in their dark booth, the firebox was not only a source of heat and a stove for cooking, but also the focus of all the most interesting that happened in the Jurassic
The Polovtsi remained in the history of Russia the worst enemies of Vladimir Monomakh and cruel mercenaries during the internecine wars. Tribes who worshiped the sky terrorized the Old Russian state for almost two centuries
There is a legend that as if shortly before leaving for another world with the words: “Well, now I’ll find out how it all works”, - the great physicist Albert Einstein managed to combine all known physical fields in one formula
She wrote her main book when she was 19. And, along with the novels of Walter Scott, entered the golden fund of English literature
A modern person is somehow ashamed to be superstitious and believe in the curse of otherworldly forces, isn't it
They are so tiny that they had to use a microscope and X-ray to study them. Save It is known that there are only 135 miniature carvings made of boxwood, which have puzzled art critics around the world
Everyone has heard about the capture of the Reichstag by Soviet soldiers. But what do we really know about him? We will tell you about who was sent against the Red Army, how they were looking for the Reichstag and how many banners there were
The current presidents and monarchs have long become hostages of the strict regulations of the special services: they are forced to take almost every step under the watchful eye of security
August 23 is a landmark event in Russian history and a turning point in World War II. It is on August 23 that the Day of Military Glory of Russia is celebrated, the day when Soviet troops defeated the Wehrmacht forces at the Kursk Bulge. We are used to celebrating May 9, but sometimes we forget about other significant events of our people that influenced our peaceful life
Even before the era of Alexander, the Greeks appeared in most of the Persian possessions as merchants, artists, officials and hired soldiers
Becoming the ruler of Russia, Igor decisively changed his political line. Investigating his agreement with Byzantium in 944, the historian and archaeologist D.L. Talis summed up the results: “In it (the agreement. - V.K
In a festive edition, which was dedicated to the 900th anniversary of the founding of the Tower, the Duke of Edinburgh wrote that during its history the Tower of London (from the English
Bloody MaryMaria Tudor - Queen of England since 1553. This is the boundary between the Middle Ages and the early modern times in British history