Secrets of history 2024, October

For centuries, the British have been trying to prove that England - the birthplace of newspapers, because in 1622 in London Esq. Nathaniel Botter published the first issue of the Weekly News

We all live in Tesla's world, in the world of his alternating current, generators that create this current and electric motors spinning from it

Ancient legends and chronicles told people that the path to the Far North was paved by sailors for hundreds of years. Probably, light ships of the Normans were in the waters of the "Cold Sea" about 1000 years ago. But reliable information about this has not been preserved

At one of the construction sites in the Chinese province of Henan, workers during excavation work accidentally stumbled upon an ancient tomb. Archaeologists who arrived at the site found two mummies inside

"Troubled people can be kind and evil. If there are many troubled and kind people in the world, it will be good." - ("King Matt on a Desert Island", J. Korczak) Since 1945 there has been no large-scale war on Earth

In March 1603, King James VI of Scotland ascended the English throne. In England, he ruled under the name of Jacob I

The death of Tsarevich Dmitry remained a mystery. Was she a murder, an accident, or a child, as they were talking about among the people, was it really a substitute? The answers to these questions are in our astrological detective historian

In the Krasnoarmeisky district of Volgograd there is a street of 33 Heroes. But, unfortunately, few local residents know why it is so named

The mummified remains of a middle-aged man who lived approximately 1,700 years ago were found on a stretch of the ancient Silk Road at the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

In 1785 this gold ring was found by a peasant plowing the land. It weighed 12 grams and was quite large in diameter - 25 millimeters, which indicated how it was worn over a glove and most likely on a thumb

Of course, it would be more correct to call Milady a literary heroine, because her creator was Alexander Dumas, but the film image embodied by the inimitable Margarita Terekhova in the film "D ' Artagnan and the Three Musketeers" is so bright and memorable that now

With state-of-the-art imaging equipment, archaeologists now have a wide range of new tools to help them uncover the secrets of the past

History knows a lot of mysterious crimes that have not been solved

At the mention of Ancient Egypt in the mind's eye of each of us, first of all, probably, the pyramids rise. And then - the golden mask of Tutankhamun - a pharaoh who belonged to the XVII! dynasty and who ruled from about 1333 to 1323 BC

For a long time, the figure of Imhotep was considered exclusively mythical, without a real prototype. And data about him were stored only in the ancient legends of the Egyptians

Climbing 1525 BC e. - dies Thutmose II - the fourth pharaoh of the XVIII dynasty, heir to the glory of Ahmose, the liberator of Egypt and the builder of the empire

Stepmother and aunt of Thutmose III, Queen Hatshepsut, kept her stepson away from power for a long time, depriving him of the throne, which belonged to him by right

In 1931, Frederick Wood, a psychiatrist from Blackpool, UK, became interested in a local girl who began using words in a foreign language

The earliest depiction of the Taoist deity Dongwangong was found by Chinese archaeologists in Jiangxi Province, in the tomb of Emperor Liu He, also known as Haihun Hou. The image of the celestial is captured on the back of the bronze mirror

There was a case in one kindergarten. The teacher said that Santa Claus will bring gifts to good children, and punish bad ones. The last chance is to learn the rhyme well and appease grandfather.As a result, the child told the rhyme, and then said that he would not take the gift

At the very beginning of the 1990s, when the taboo on the publication of books devoted to the study of the sacred secrets of the ancient civilizations of the Earth was lifted in Russia, the secrets and mysteries of Ancient Egypt came to the fore

Every year in summer, the waters of the Nile rose above the prescribed level, flooding the banks of the river. Ultimately, this phenomenon gave ancient Egypt fertile soil

It is difficult to explain to the current generation of Russians why the Soviet state, which possessed enormous potential, conquered space and built the world's largest industrial giants, could not provide the people with consumer goods: jeans, books and records

Archaeologists will soon come closer to the "key" of the legend about the underground passage between the island and Vyborg. The Vyborg Castle, like a house with secret labyrinths, is gradually sharing its secrets

According to historians, the ancient Egyptians were far ahead of their time and, thus, made an invaluable contribution to many areas of our life

Professor Naguib Kanawati of the Australian Center for Egyptology at McQuari University believes that the history of Egyptology should be, if not rewritten, then in the most significant way corrected and supplemented

1917, according to the new style, began for Russia with an unnoticed, but extremely unpleasant event

"Vivekananda" is translated into Russian as "light of reason." The real name of the Indian thinker was different - Narendranatt Dutt. But the nickname, as is often the case, turned out to be so suitable that it was under it that he went down in history

Everyone remembers the sacramental phrase of Ivan the Terrible from the comedy film: “Kazan - took, Astrakhan - took! ". Indeed, starting in the 16th century, the Moscow state began to declare itself with loud military victories

It is generally accepted that in the Soviet Union even adults were embarrassed to talk with each other about intimate relationships. What can we say about the sexuality education of children? And this statement is partly true. But only partly

Pharaohs in Egypt were treated like gods. They were the rulers of one of the first great civilizations, living in absolute luxury and dominating an empire like the world has never seen

Drugs were officially banned in the Third Reich. However, at the very beginning of the blitzkrieg, the Wehrmacht soldiers fought high. The Fuhrer himself was a drug addict. About this "Truth

The capture of France by Germany in 1940 was due to drugs

The world is full of secrets and mysteries, and a person is too small and inexperienced to actually be able to tear off the heavy veils of darkness from them

Galyuny came suddenly on thin pink legs. How? .. From the heart and very active! True, we are talking about completely natural drugs. The moment when people first began to use "mind-expanding" substances is lost in the mists of time

The small town of Bennington, Vermont, is a strange place where various mystical events have repeatedly occurred.However, the case of Paula Jean Welden disappearing without a trace in 1946 became the biggest secret, which will forever remain a mystery to the inhabitants of this sleepy town

As you know, before his death, Peter I left no clear instructions regarding the successor to the throne. After a series of palace intrigues and coups, the niece of the deceased Tsar Anna Ioannovna was on the throne

The mutiny of the White Czechs The mutiny of the Czechoslovak corps - performance of the Czechoslovak corps against Soviet power in May - August 1918 in the Volga region, Siberia and the Urals, which created an opportunity for the activities of the anti-Bolshevik Committee of

In the 12th century, a Cistercian monastery was founded in the Italian province of Vercelli, now the Abbey of Santa Maria di Lucedio. The monks of this monastery were the first in Italy to establish rice production and made the province of Vercelli a rice-growing region of the country

According to military experts, by 1941 the Wehrmacht was the strongest army in the world. How did Germany manage to create a powerful armed force after a heavy defeat in the First World War?