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In November 1854, a terrible hurricane in less than an hour, destroyed more than 30 British ships stationed in the roads of Balaclava, among them - the frigate "Prince". Subsequently, a legend was born about the innumerable treasures allegedly buried in...

Pin-ups allow us to learn about the standards of female beauty of the mid-XX century. Pin-up or pin-up - the image of a beautiful, often half-naked, girls in a certain style. This term also refers to drawings, paintings and other illustrations made...

In the past, beer was considered a drink for both adults and children - in contrast to the drinking water of that time, beer, due to boiling, was devoid of pathogens. Due to the high content of calories, beer was an additional food product, in Germany...

All the mummies, which are depicted in the photographs, at different times exhibited in the Cairo Egyptian Museum. The author of the compilation is the British Egyptologist and anthropologist Grafton Eliot Smith, who added the mummies to his catalog in...

Fenced bathhouses with wooden pavilions for dressing appeared in Kiev at the end of the 19th century. A fee was charged for their visits, which was equal to the use of public baths. Even individual buildings or “rooms” were built. They are usually...

In 1982, the famous British photographer Yen Berry visited the Ukrainian SSR as a photo reporter. During this trip, he made a series of shots about how Soviet people live in Odessa. Awesome atmosphere and bright shots act like a time machine. Ian Berry...

People fought at all times. Battle dress was not the last place in victory or defeat. It was believed that the brighter and more massive it is, the frightening effect it has on the enemy. It was a kind of fetish, which once scared, and today many images...

These retro photographs of the Lviv region, dating back to 1899, depict the Jesuit College in Hirov. It was founded on August 1, 1883 in the area of ​​the village of Bunkovichi in the south of the city of Khirov, Starosambirsky district, Lviv...

These photos of Venice of the XIX century were taken by Italian photographer Carlo Naya. He owned a lens for a camera of outstanding optics of Swiss origin, Carlo Ponti. Together they became the most famous photographers of the city. They took photos...

In the old photos have their zest. But sometimes you want to know about the subjects that are captured in more detail. Here either fantasy, or an excellent knowledge of history, or modern technologies come to the rescue. The latter add color to black...