When in 1941 the Germans failed to take Leningrad by storm, the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht decided to force the city to capitulate by starving it. The Germans did not expect the Leningrades to survive the siege after all. Only at what cost? Anthropophagy, or cannibalism, is one of the greatest t
Greek Amazon on horseback (the image is not the one the post refers to) Still wonders from Ancient Greece. On a refined box dating back to the 5th century AD. used as a beauty-case and jewelry boxes, or to store cosmetics and jewels, the drawing of an Amazon was recently discovered depicte
Siberia:a grave for over a million subjects of the Romanov-ruled empire. However, the murder for the inmates was not so much the penalty of exile as the journey to this deadly frosty abyss of Asian Russia In 1591, the body of the future heir to the Moscow throne, Tsarevich Dmitri, was found in U
An ancient image of Florence. In the Medici era, the most famous tavern in the city was that of the Snail The book by Jean-Lucas Dubreton Daily life in Florence at the time of the Medici , constitutes a precious mine of interesting information on the main aspects of Florentine everyday life