Secrets of history 2024, May

Many people, once in a war, become extremely superstitious. A former atheist hides a cross under his tunic, someone keeps letters from loved ones in his breast pocket, sincerely believing that they are warding off a bullet, another soldier basically does not shave during a military campaign

The dream of a universal medicine - cure for all diseases for more than one thousand years … The search for "elixirs of life" was engaged in the days of the greatness of Babylon and Egypt, and later they were continued by medieval alchemists

This year marks 76 years since the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, which laid the foundation for the post-war world monetary and financial system. The conference was attended by 730 delegates from 44 states, members of the anti-Hitler coalition

I recommend reading on the topic: Allies, damn it … With such "friends" and enemies are not needed! / The main secret of the Third Reich (part 3). Winners' right.- Salik.bizDifferent format, different plansFor the foreseeable (known to us) history, many wars have occurred in Europe. I

The closer to our time, the less frequent in history are cases when popular rumor deifies real people. According to the legends of Eastern Siberia, in the 18th century in the city of Zhigansk there lived a woman named Agrafena, who possessed tremendous magical powers, who after her death became a deity for the Yakuts

Scientist Lev Zilber became the founder of Soviet medical virology and the creator of the first virus laboratory in Soviet Russia. The internationally recognized academician, laureate of the Stalin Prize and the Order of Lenin, served three times in the prisons and camps of the USSR

The "find of the century" was associated with the names of the English archaeologist Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon, who had been digging in the Valley of the Kings on the banks of the Nile for many years

During the reign of Ramses II, more than 3 thousand years ago, in the Abu Simbel rock on the western bank of the Nile, two majestic ancient Egyptian temples were carved in honor of the Pharaoh himself and Queen Nefertari, his first wife

Unfortunately, in any society there are both respectable citizens and criminals. Ancient Egypt was no exception. Did you know how you used to be punished for this or that offense. If not, then in this article I will talk about how justice was administered in ancient Egypt

This story began this spring, when the world media reported on the discovery of a perfectly preserved fossil of a large spider in the Lower Cretaceous deposits of Inner Mongolia. The find was described as a new species of Mongolorachne chaoyangensis and became the subject of research by specialists

They say that a person is never closer to God than at the moment of creativity. And you can become a creator in almost any field: in art, science, sports, even in the household. There is also religious creativity. Once upon a time it was occupied by those powerful churches that count their age for millennia and have long since declared adherence to tradition as the main virtue

Analysis of water pipes revealed a high content of toxic substances in the water. The technologies of Ancient Rome impressed both contemporaries and people of subsequent eras. Many of their secrets are revealed only today thanks to new research methods

In the early autumn of 1836, a tall elderly man dressed in peasant clothes rode up to the smithy on the outskirts of Krasnoufimsk, Perm province. Asking him to shoe a horse, he said that he was going “to see the world and see good people,” and introduced himself as “Fyodor Kuzmich”.The wan

It happened one summer day in 1939. Without much effort, a transport aircraft with a dozen passengers took off from a military airfield in the city of San Diego in the southwestern United States.But not even half an hour had passed, the person on duty at the ground station for monitoring the airspace received the SOS

Where is Alexander the Great buried? About Alexander the Great you can safely speak - - he conquered all the lands he saw and died dreaming of the rest

Double Agent Hanssen remained suspicious for a long time. Taking advantage of his position, he passed on secret information to the USSR and the names of "moles" who worked for the United States.- Salik.bizIn the beginning of glorious deeds: police officer, Catholic and exemplary family manIn 2000, FBI agents knew there was a mole in the bureau, and maybe more than one

Children's vampire cemetery in ItalyIt is generally accepted that the first beliefs about vampires appeared on the territory of European Slavs. However, archaeological research in other regions has shown that other peoples had similar beliefs

The work of William Shakespeare was admired during the life of talent, and he continues to fascinate people even 400 years after his death. But we not only admire when we reread his works or see them in the theater, many are intrigued by the curse of Shakespeare's tomb

A few years ago, an ancient burial was discovered near the Polish city of Sandomierz. A local resident accidentally stumbled upon him when he began to dig the foundation for his garage.When archaeologists got to the bone remains, it became clear that the grave is very unusual

The capital of France is not only about museums, fashion and glamor. The Parisian catacombs contain dark secrets of the past. Many kilometers of caves are strewn with the remains of millions of people.- Salik.bizCemetery under the cityUnderground communications appeared under the city for a reason

Slovenian archaeologists have uncovered an ancient sarcophagus from the Roman period with the remains of a mysterious noble woman, discovered in the country's capital Ljubljana. According to National Geographic, the find was made on Gosposvetskaya street

Scientists from the UK are confident that they have found the burial place of the legendary British hero. Until recently, the burial place of the mythical monarch was considered the ruins of Glastenbury Abbey in Somerset

The discovery was made during the preparation of the site for development. Several new buildings and roads are planned for Great Whelnetham, Suffolk, and archaeologists have begun a rescue excavation ahead of work

I confess right away that, as I read this information, at first I thought it was a joke. But there really is such a story, so I share it with you

The life and death of Jesus Christ for more than two thousand years has been an immutable truth for millions of believers around the world. However, new facts and finds constantly appear that try to refute the centuries-old history

1225, autumn - Genghis Khan returned from a campaign to the east. The foundations of the Mongol Empire at that time were already laid, but the Tangut kingdom of Xi-Xia remained unconquered

The zigzags of Russian history of the 18th century with its constant palace coups, the very spirit of the adventurous gallant century, multiplied by the talent of writers and painters, created the legend of the "Princess Tarakanova"

The time of the Pugachev rebellion was darkened for Catherine II by another extremely unpleasant event. 1773, December - In Germany, a person appeared who posed as the daughter of Empress Elizabeth and her secret husband Alexei Razumovsky

To get an answer to this question, "KP" carried out an exhumation at the Ivanovsky cemetery in Yekaterinburg Recall, in the winter of 1959, nine tourists disappeared in the mountains of the Northern Urals, who went on a hike under the leadership of Igor Dyatlov

According to one of the legends, a river bed was laid over the grave of the great Genghis Khan so that no one could find the burial

Legends about ghost ships excite the nerves of lovers of the sea and everything mysterious. They are shrouded in mystery, one can only guess what actually happened many hundreds of kilometers from the coast? The history of "Mary Celeste" begins in 1872 and is rightfully considered one of the most mysterious

Recently, a kind of "White Guard bloc" has developed in the media. This is a new, organizationally unformed “something”, extremely variegated, but ideologically united in pathological hatred of the October Revolution, the Bolsheviks, and the ideas of social equality. It

In the history of our country there have been many impostors, including those clearly parodic - literary ones: let us recall Ivan Aleksandrovich Khlestakov from the play "The Inspector General" by N.V. Gogol. V.G. Korolenko even issued a once snappy phrase, calling Russia "a country of impostors

The war with monuments practically does not stop in Russia (yes, in Russia - in the USA they are also fighting right now). At different times and different years, these were different persons who were demolished, then set, and then demolished again

Who among the Petersburgers and guests of the city on the Neva does not know that, among other attractions of the Northern capital, you can see two real ancient Egyptian sphinxes adorning the University embankment. However, few know where they came from, what secret they hide and what adventures they have had

For half a century, there has been a debate about which of the Russian beauties served the famous sculptor Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich as the prototype for the figure of the Motherland. The sculptor himself answered this question: "Wife Vera Vladimirovna, who else?

War Memorial "Motherland Calls!" was opened on October 15, 1967 in Volgograd. For almost eight years, construction has been going on according to the project of architect Yevgeny Vuchetich. After the completion of the work, the Motherland was included in the Guinness Book of Records

The sculptor Vuchetich embodied the nobility of the Red Army soldiers in stone70 years ago, on May 8, 1949, in Berlin's Treptower Park, a grand opening of the monument to the soldiers of the Soviet army who died a heroic death during the storming of the capital of the Third Reich took place

In December 2009, during the construction of an access road along the Kronverkskaya channel of the Peter and Paul Fortress, the remains of people who had once been shot were unexpectedly discovered. The road equipment was stopped immediately

When I saw this picture on the Internet, it immediately seemed to me that it was "photoshop". Either the big stylistic difference between the statue and the pedestal was striking, or the whole combination with the surrounding space, the combination looks somehow surreal