Secrets of history 2024, October
This week, the CIA, according to a court order, declassified the entire archive of the agency's activities from its founding to 1992
He had many names: Bottadio, Cartafilus, Budedeo, Isaac Lacedem. However, Agasfer - by this name we know the man who once struck Christ and was punished for this by Jesus with eternal life
Nothing binds people like common sins. Sometimes joint adventures are stronger than even such a deep feeling as love. It was the fraud that tied the adventurer Count Alessandro Cagliostro and his wife Lorenza Feliciana with a strong thread
Battle of Cannes 216 BC eh
The period from 1989 to 2000 is similar to the period 1905 - 1917 - the very bend, completing the transition from the second and third spirals to the next
For hundreds of years, people have been trying to reliably study the day of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, to understand more about the event two thousand years ago
The polar night and thick frosty fog, enveloping the sleigh, quickly moving away from the fort, did not allow the musher to see the wormwood formed on the ice of one of the many lakes of the Middle Kolyma. The sleigh quickly went under water, dragging the riders along
Let's talk about pirates, not those who steal software and distribute it or sell it for pennies, but real ones, with a parrot and crutch Pirate flags In addition to the standard black flag with a skull and bones, there were many different options
Most historians and archaeologists know about the theory of the mathematician academician A.T. Fomenko and about his numerous books on chronology (to a large extent, written in collaboration with G.V. Nosovsky) only by hearsay
Russian folk tales abound with numerous folklore elements. Overseas distant kingdom, rivers of milk and jelly banks, a white-combustible stone, under which untold riches are hidden, or the mysterious Sin-Stone
The book "A Thousand and One Nights" is included in the list of one hundred best books of all times and peoples. Plots from it have been repeatedly turned into plays, ballets, films, cartoons and performances
Remember the evil Baba Yaga, who put Ivanushka on a shovel and sent him to the oven
Dezhnev Semyon Ivanovich (about 1605 - death of 1673) - Russian polar explorer, navigator-pioneer, Cossack chieftain, explorer of North and East Siberia, North America
In order to avoid pregnancy, our ancestors used tricks unimaginable for a modern person. At all times there were people who wanted intimate relationships without planning to have a child
Crossed keys are depicted on the coat of arms of the Vatican. With one key, the Catholic Church, as it were, opens access to everything that interests it, and with the other - - locks up everything that contradicts it. This image on the coat of arms is very symbolic
For most of their history, people have made money from metal: gold, silver, copper. At the same time, a small duchy, where there were ore deposits, could easily be richer than a large kingdom
A person who does strange things always tries to hide them from those close to him; Gleb Ivanovich Bokiy, realizing what a powerful structure he created, what unique affairs and projects his Special Department and his scientific divisions are engaged in outside the walls of the Special Department
Many believe that in the age of information technology, the book is losing its significance. But before it was the only way to transfer knowledge through generations
The story about this anomalous old oak tree has been circulating on the Internet in different variations for more than one year and is based on legends and bikes. The exact location of this tree is not indicated anywhere, there are also no photographs of it
Scientists who worked in the Third Reich are credited with inventing the most amazing things, including flying discs capable of ascending into space
For a short, swift moment, it seemed to the Americans that Robert Francis Kennedy was going to try on the presidential costume of his murdered brother John
Vasily Vasilievich Golitsyn (d. 1619) - commander and prominent figure of the Time of Troubles. In 1590 - voivode in the campaign against Narva, in 1596 and 1599 - in Smolensk
It is known that Winston Churchill had a whole staff of astrologers-consultants at his disposal, thanks to which England allegedly managed to avoid the German invasion during the Second World War
Except when laboratories work for defense or on technologies protected by patents, a modern chemist does not hide his equipment and research methods at all
They occupied some of the most honorable positions in the royal family. But these privileges were not easy for them. The smallest mistake could lead to the collapse of their careers, the final point of which would not be a reprimand or dismissal, but death
The ancient Greek sage Apollonius of Tiais traveled across India for a long time. The brahmana priests treated him as an equal. They introduced A
There are areas of human knowledge that are recognized as scientific, and there are areas that are considered unscientific. Alchemy also belongs to the latter type. But was it really that unscientific? And was it the only search for the philosopher's stone that alchemists were doing?
There is little gold on Earth, so the question arises: is it possible to make it artificially? For example, the alchemists of the Middle Ages stubbornly strove for this. And I think, not only from greed alone
Arthur Conan Doyle has the story "The Discovery of Raffles Howe." Her hero invents a way of converting chemical elements from one to another, respectively - and the production of gold. But the scientist is in no hurry to make his discovery public
Shalobolinskaya Pisanitsa is located 35 km from the village of Kuragino, on a steep rock mass. Stone Age art is presented right on the banks of the Tuba. The drawings are several thousand years older than the Egyptian pyramids
It is naive to think that the history of the Earth has been studied for a long time, that there are almost no "white spots" in it. It's not like that at all. A lot of unusual and surprising things have not been solved yet. Everything in the world is interdependent and interconnected
In June 1391 (according to the generally accepted chronology), one of the largest battles of the Middle Ages took place on the territory of the Middle Volga region. Here, the troops of the ruler of Central Asia, Emir Timur and the Khan of the Golden Horde Tokhtamysh, met in a deadly duel
Resume: Are there genetic traces of the 13th century Mongol conquests in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, the Caucasus and the Balkans? To answer this question, an analysis of the haplogroups of the Y-chromosome of the populations of Eurasia, transmitted through the male line, was carried out
On the day of the centenary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, as some call it, or the October Revolution of 1917, as others insist, disputes about the significance of this event, both for Russia and for the whole world, flared up with renewed vigor
Reforms of Peter 1, an overview: goals, content, result. The price of Peter's reforms. During the reign of Peter 1, reforms were carried out in all areas of state life of the country
Who are the most famous criminals in human history? Fearless swindlers or mentally ill people? Geniuses of the underworld or just lucky ones who managed to hit the jackpot in time?
Our history, as well as any other, is full of secrets and uncertainties. Of course, in those days it was common to embellish or censor current events that were transferred to paper or canvas
This story began a long time ago, during the First World War. The Russian army entered East Prussia on August 4, 1914. She entered clearly prematurely, Not fully mobilized, - but the French allies pleaded: “Save Paris
1986, January - a ball of fire shot up into the sunny skies over Florida. After a series of successful flights, the Challenger shuttle exploded. 7 astronauts on board the ship were killed. What happened?
That I am the grandson of the pilot of an unidentified flying object, I learned at a fairly mature age. I was then twenty years old. Later I will explain why the age was remembered so precisely, but for now … Do not rush to send the author to a psychiatric hospital