Secrets of history 2024, October

Although women throughout history have fought for their independence, even now, full gender equality has not yet come. However, in ancient times everything was completely different

As a child, we were not told that Little Red Riding Hood ate her own grandmother, and the Cinderella sisters cut off their legs

According to statistics from different years, about 80-100 thousand people go missing in Russia every year. A quarter of them - children. This includes minors of all ages: from early infancy to 17 years inclusive

For decades, legends about the treasures of the Russian tsars have been walking around the world. Russian gold, invested in foreign banks long before the revolution, excites the minds of people

A group of physicists from the University of Arizona, using the method of radiocarbon dating, determined the age of the Voynich manuscript and, thus, put an end to at least one of the questions related to this most mysterious manuscript in the world

Sovereign Feodor Ioannovich was called "Blessed" in Russia. It seemed that he did not yearn for power and withdrew from ruling the country. The last of the family On March 19, 1584, the third son of Ivan the Terrible came to the throne

Archaeologists found unusual bones of mastodons in one of the rivers in the south of the United States, which "told" them that America was inhabited two to three thousand years earlier than previously thought, and the finds also confirmed man's guilt in the extinction of the New St

The Holy See, since 1929 called the Vatican - one of the most mysterious and powerful states on this planet

On September 5, 1978, Metropolitan of Leningrad and Ladoga (Novgorod), Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe Nikodim Rotov died suddenly in the Vatican. He was only 48 years old. This death still causes a lot of controversy

On March 25, 1238, the troops of the Mongol Khan Batu attacked Kozelsk, located on one of the most important roads of Ancient Rus. However, they failed to conquer it with little blood

During excavations in the Chinese Taklamakan Desert in the Xinjiang Uygur Region of China, archaeologists have discovered unusual burials

Solovetsky Uprising (Solovetsky sitting) (June 22, 1668 - February 1, 1676) - - the uprising of the Solovetsky monks against the church reform of Patriarch Nikon, which lasted eight years

The Indian tribes of the era of the Great Discoveries are associated with the modern man in the street with unprecedented cruelty and bloodthirstiness. Immediately reminiscent of the numerous scalps hanging from the belt of the warriors

Rokossovsky Konstantin Konstantinovich (Ksaveryevich) (born December 9 (21), 1896 - death August 3, 1968) - Pole. Soviet and Polish political, statesman, commander

The first of the Orthodox priests in the history of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Russian fleet and the recent history of the newly discovered continent, a thanksgiving prayer service off the coast of Antarctica in January 1820 was served by a Russian priest

The myriad of bones, jewelry and weapons found by Italian archaeologists in the Egyptian desert may be the remains of the army of Cambyses II, son of Cyrus the Great. According to history, 2500 years ago, this powerful 50,000-strong army disappeared without a trace

These mysterious balloonists defeated the gravity of the Earth with the help of pink gas unknown to science. Who are they: people or aliens from other worlds? What their aircraft were made of

The world is beautiful and amazing. And also - great and dangerous. People can make plans for life, achieve success, and just disappear overnight. Sounds like some kind of weird trick, right?

On December 2, 2015, a professor of archeology at the Hebrew University of Eilat Mazar said that in the excavations on the Temple Mount, her employees found a unique artifact - - bull (seal imprint) of King Hizkiyahu

Regina Zbarskaya was called “Soviet Sophia Loren”. One of the most famous and beautiful women of the Soviet Union, nevertheless, did not learn happiness in life

Every year on Lake Catemaco in Mexico, in the spring, the Congreso de Brujos - gathering of witches, black and white sorcerers, healers and medicine men. In general, all those who discovered magical abilities in themselves

In 1945, on May 8, in Karshorst (a suburb of Berlin) at 22.43 CET, the final Act of the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany and its armed forces was signed

Ingermanlandia. Geographically, this is the Neva River with adjacent lands. This is neither Novgorod, nor Sweden, nor Karelia. Exclusion Zone. The indigenous population is practically absent. Aliens settle with great reluctance. Mysterious place

On April 3, 1817, a strange girl in exotic clothes and with a turban on her head appeared on the road near the village of Almondsberry

Time Stopped or Who Lives Forever As the legends say, Christ, having tried to rest on the way to Calvary at one of the houses, received a fierce rebuff from his master

The grave of Agafya Ilyinichna Suvorova at the Resurrection cemetery in Saratov has long been a place of pilgrimage and worship. People believe what is written on the plaque

One of the main mysteries of biblical geography is the question of the existence and location of the legendary Sambation River, behind which, according to Old Testament legends, ten tribes of Israel hid, taken prisoner by the Assyrian king Shalmaneser

Archaeologists managed to find in the Ob basin the mummy of the "polar princess", which is perfectly preserved in the permafrost

At the end of the history of Soviet cinema - On January 1, 1988, the premiere of the film "Midshipmen, Forward!" For the overwhelming majority of viewers, the era of the reign of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna was a blank spot in the historical consciousness

Conservative historical science creates a certain official paradigm, which is a kind of axiom regarding the past of the state

If you believe in the historical person of Jesus Christ, then you, as a sane person, should understand that no one knows the true face of the Messiah

Stefan Bathory (born September 27, 1533 - d. December 12, 1586) - King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (December 14, 1575 (crowned May 1, 1576) - December 12, 1586

Part One - V Lieuten is an illustrative example of Frederick's use of an oblique battle formation and his victory. The Prussians lost 6 thousand people, while the Austrians - 10 thousand killed and wounded, not counting 21 thousand prisoners

Whatever people are inventing, just to secure a moral superiority over the enemy

Scientists from the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences during excavations in the Krasnodar Territory discovered a unique horse harness decorated with images of winged horses in an undisturbed mound of the 9-10th century

On May 27, 1942, a Soviet steamer accomplished a feat that became a symbol of the staunchness of sailors from the Arctic convoysIn the history of World War II, Arctic convoys, which supplied the USSR with a considerable part of military equipment from countries - from

Sometimes people demonstrate such abilities that one wonders: isn't it a trick? But no, the "trick" is repeated several times and in front of the eyes of authoritative experts

In the event of a threat to life or illness, many representatives of the political arena did not appear at minor events themselves, they were replaced by doubles. Did such a prominent politician as Joseph Vissarionovich have "deputies"?

Archaeologists have found the ancient Egyptian mummy of a boy who lived 4.7 thousand years ago. Caring parents put a chrysocolla stone to the body. "Green magic" was supposed to protect the boy in the afterlife. During the life of teenagers, they were adorned with green cosmetics

About the Khodynskaya disaster The accession to the throne of Nicholas II was marked by a terrible tragedy that went down in history under the name "Khodynskaya tragedy" or "Khodynskaya crush": 1389 people died during the festivities, and 1500 were injured