The Aztecs did human sacrifice on a really huge scale. Each year they killed thousands of their enemies in honor of the deities. But why did they eat them afterwards? In this house there were many large pots, jars and jugs full of water in which they cooked the meat of the unfortunate Indians, w
Napoleon in Waterloo. Having your hand portrayed under your waistcoat was a fashion of the time Several times I have wondered why Napoleon Bonaparte he had often been portrayed with his hand under his waistcoat, exactly at stomach height, so I did a little research on it. Some time ago, s
Pocahontas in a representation The beautiful Indian princess Pocahontas celebrated by films, songs, books and, recently, the animated masterpiece of Disney, who made her so popular with us too, she married the tobacco farmer John Rolfe as far back as 1614. For a long time, people wonde
On July 7, 1930, construction of the Hoover Dam began. Over the next five years, 21,000 people worked to create the largest dam of its time, as well as one of the largest man-made structures ever. Although the construction itself took 5 years, the overall work on it took almost 30 years. Arthur Po