Easter Monday, April 6, 1896. At the Panathinaiko Stadio in Athens, the delighted crowd witnessed an epochal event. Here is the Greek King George I, to the accompaniment of an orchestra and a choir, opened the Games of the First Olympiad. The first in modern history. His name was Pierre de Coube
Were women in the middle ages overgrown with dirt? Those pious yes! In a letter to Bishop Altino Heliodor, St. Jerome made his famous comment:“Is your skin hard and flaky because you are no longer taking a bath? Once baptized, it is not necessary to bathe again. Thus, a thick layer of religious imp
Dear God, perform a miracle and help me and my people get out of our misery - these words worthy of a national hero were uttered by no Winkelried. Moreover, they did not even fall from the mouth of a man. It was spoken by ... a bee that everyone knows and loves. Despite its Nazi roots. In the 19
Buildings are bursting and falling with a roar that drowns out screams of terror. Forty-five seconds of a world collapsing. And then only dust, ”describes Agnieszka Rostkowska. Two decades ago, powerful shocks razed the Turkish Marmara region to the ground, claiming tens of thousands of lives. The N
Although there were various funny anecdotes about him, he was a dream of many Poles. Passing it on the streets and seeing it in parking lots, one had the impression that it was part of the landscape - until imperceptibly the cult toddler became a museum monument. How was your travels with the popula
What would you say if someone wishing to express their love gave you a piece of themselves? Literally! For example, in the form of romantic sonnets elegantly framed in ... human skin. Sounds like a horror story? Not necessarily. Our ancestors believed that wasting nice pieces of their skin was not a
If history has taught us anything, it is that people can persistently and reasonably work for peace in the future. The best example of this were the Silk Roads, which centuries ago were followed by merchants trading in rare, exotic goods. They also exist today. To understand them, however, you first
Guaranteed conception in an optimal position and ecstasy unattainable in other conditions - this is how a British doctor advertised his fertility support method, in which the key element was to be ... an electric bed! The 18th century must have been a magical time for inventors and scientists. H
Honest, just, willing to forgive and help the oppressed, fighting fair and not attacking the defenseless - this was Winnetou, son of the chief of the Apache tribe and the main character of the Charles May book series. It is this writer who is largely responsible for the dissemination of the idealize
Count Leo Tolstoy is one of the greatest novelists in history. Not everyone knows that he was also a thinker and founder of the religious and social movement - Tolstoism. However, his views turned out to be unacceptable to the Orthodox Church, so she excommunicated him. Is it deserved? Already dur
Apparently, English men in the time of Henry VIII were considered restrained and not too ardent lovers. Of course, except for the king himself, who was famous for his hot temper. But what if he was unable to conceive a son? He was helped by the medical knowledge of the time, religious orders and pro
In 1978, in the Russian taiga, a family was found that had lived far away from civilization for over 40 years - in conditions similar to those of the primitive peoples. Today, the last member of the family remains alive - 80-year-old Agafia, who did not want to return to civilization. In June 1978
As long as they were active, pirates were one of the favorite topics in the press. Reports on trials and execution of death sentences ensured the demand for newspapers and leaflets. Rather unintentionally, these publications created a rather seductive image of sea robbers - false, not reflecting the
He lived 77 years (four days excluded) and ruled for 72 years, three months and 18 days. He ruled the longest among European rulers, and he went down in history as Louis XIV the Great. And for good reason, although there was a lot of dirt under the golden halo of the Sun King. And not only because t
Galicia at the beginning of the 20th century was a backward, poor region where various nationalities, political options and social groups clashed. What was the everyday life of its inhabitants like? Peasants made up the vast majority of the Galician population in the first years of the 20th cent
For centuries, the presence of ladies at sea was considered a misfortune, although the ancients wrote that in the event of a storm, a naked woman, exposing herself to the wind, could ... calm the storm. Nevertheless, there were many women on the ships. Though not always of their own free will. T
Alcohol for centuries has been and is an inseparable companion of soldiers at the front and its back. It allowed you to forget, to react, it was soothing, it killed the boredom of waiting. During the Polish-Bolshevik war, soldiers from both sides did not pour out by the collar. The vast majority
How to capture groundbreaking events for the Polish nation? How to capture the essence of patriotism, revealing emotional tones - and all shades of gray? Can an artistic canvas contain a multi-threaded history of the turn of the century? The answers were written on the card of the novel The Kossaks.
The struggle with the invisible enemy - bad breath - lasts as long as human civilization exists. The condition known today as halitosis has been treated in various ways, sometimes effectively, and sometimes on the contrary ... The scale of the problem is much greater than it might seem. Here are
Billions of fans, millions of players and hundreds of thousands of matches - this is what football, basketball and volleyball looks like today. Its hard to believe that the beginnings of these disciplines are associated with dirt, wicker baskets and cramped nineteenth-century gyms ... For many y
Poveglia, an inconspicuous island located near Venice, has extremely spooky stories. Because centuries ago, victims of the plague - the Black Death, which decimated the population of Europe in waves, were buried there. Later, a psychiatric hospital was built on the site of the mass grave, where crim
To say that she was dripping with sex would be quite an understatement. The last thing you could accuse her of was prudishness. She outclassed Marlena Dietrich and became an inspiration for Madonna. In addition, after the era of flat tomboys, she rediscovered curves for Hollywood - literally. Ma
Political condition of the Aryans in the epic period By the time of the epic period, the spread of the Aryans extended eastwards to Anga. Large states were established in the country. Kuru, Panchala, Kaushambi, Kaushal, Kashi, Videha, Magadha and Anga were the vast kingdoms of this era. The concept
The general public knows the names of the most important Nazis in Nazi Germany. From the information that appears in the documentaries and films about the National Socialist period in Germany, it might seem that the regime was sustained by those few great leaders. Between 1933 and 1945 thousands of