History
15-01-2025
As people in the last century imagined the future
In the mid-20th century, people were confident that in 50-70 years life will change: there will be a lot of amazing inventions, all ...
14-01-2025
4 cases when ordinary people behaved like action heroes
It's high time for Hollywood screenwriters to adopt the stories of these ordinary people, because in extreme situations they ...
14-01-2025
The harsh 19th century: a collection of archival photographs ...
From time immemorial, man's love for beauty and aesthetic beauty has firmly coexisted with an inexplicable craving to gaze at ...
14-01-2025
The pre-revolutionary history of Russia in color photos
Olga Shirnina network under the name Klimbim, good familiar to users kolonisierung historical imagery. The talented colorist, she ...
14-01-2025
Broke through: historical images of the baby boom in the USA
Since the end of World War II, birth rates have risen sharply in the United States and other Western countries. Between 1945 and ...
14-01-2025
How a joke about pies caused an uprising with human victims ...
The events that took place in 1962 in the city of Novocherkassk were strictly classified and for the first time the broad masses ...
14-01-2025
What did the world's most famous landmarks look like at the ...
Wolfgang Wilde, the creator and curator of the website Retronaut, has released a book that will change the perception of the past. ...
14-01-2025
Why Rome's Colosseum, the Eternal City's calling ...
When we hear about Rome, the first thing that comes to mind is the Colosseum. This grand amphitheater, which could well claim a ...
13-01-2025
"Sweet Life" by Swedish Marilyn Monroe
Even if you have not watched the famous film of the great film director Federico Fellini "Sweet Life", then you should have seen ...
13-01-2025
A few facts about life in Ancient Rome, which was not in the ...
We all studied in school history of Ancient Rome and watched a lot of historical films about Caesar and the gladiators. But this ...
13-01-2025
13 Of The Sweetest Then-And-Now Photos That Prove Some Bonds ...
How do people measure time, exactly? By periods of good and bad, by how many years they lived, or by how their appearance has ...
13-01-2025
Hundreds of centuries in just a few seconds: looks like the ...
Ancient ruins give people a unique glimpse into the past and learn how our ancestors lived and what houses were built. Historians, ...
13-01-2025
"Morning of the Streltsy execution": as Peter and I staged in ...
In 1881 the artist Vasily Surikov graduated from the painting "Morning of the Streltsy execution". It depicts Tsar Peter I, taking ...
13-01-2025
Was there a chance to save Pushkin after the duel? Opinion of ...
The world has lost many great people because of tragic, sometimes ridiculous cases. With the current level of medicine, many people ...
13-01-2025
Odessa 30‑ies in the photos by American photographer ...
Whether you want to see Odessa 30 years? If so, this will help us work of American photographer and traveler — Deco Branson ...
13-01-2025
Guess what these forgotten things that used to be used daily ...
Trembleuze, chatelain, grandel… These objects are witnesses of the times of the past, and modern people can easily be confused. ...
12-01-2025
How the prostitutes of New Orleans lived 100 years ago
From luxurious palaces to crumbling huts, these 1912 black-and-white photographs show how New Orleans prostitutes lived a hundred ...
12-01-2025
Foreign geisha in early 20th-century Japan
We have repeatedly published old postcards from the beginning of the last century, on which the masters of seduction – Japanese ...
12-01-2025
1930-1953 years: the contests for the most beautiful women's ...
The first competition for the most beautiful ankles were registered in the first decade of the 20th century. Then they were part of ...
12-01-2025
How a simple Armenian boy Yusuf Karsh became a legend of ...
There are beautiful, unusual, and simply interesting photographs. And there are also cult ones that reflect the epoch, significant ...
12-01-2025
The Story of the First Texas Female Cowboys
After the American Civil War, more and more locals went West in search of a new life. For almost 30 years, from the 1840s to the ...
11-01-2025
Fred and Rosemary West are the most violent couple ever
They say it's good when a husband and wife have a common hobby. But what if it's a hobby — murder and rape? Fred and Rosemary ...
11-01-2025
These first pictures of cities around the world show how much ...
These days, the photographers travel the world in search of new perspectives of famous places of the planet. However, there was a ...
11-01-2025
Baron Roman Ungern, the rise and fall of the Mongolian "god ...
Baron Roman Fedorovich von Ungern-Sternberg was a descendant of an ancient German knightly family. Despite this, the baron despised ...
11-01-2025
The early 90s through the eyes of Bertin van Manen
Before releasing her first photo book, A Hundred Summers A Hundred Winters, photographer Bertien van Manen traveled throughout the ...
10-01-2025
Why Heinz ketchup has been produced in clear bottles for 100 ...
Ketchup is a product that we are used to seeing in a variety of packaging types. We rarely think about whether this popular sauce ...