Many cultures have attributed magical properties to the female body. Rituals associated with female nudity ensured fertility, warded off evil powers and brought curses. The sea calms down when it sees a womans vulva. This old Catalan proverb refers to a magical rite functioning in that area. The
The name of their country was a pale fear to the ancients. The Assyrians were famous for their exceptional cruelty. They gouged out the eyes of their victims, cut off their noses and limbs. The name of this country aroused pale fear in the ancients. The specter of the approaching army crushed the
In Rome, between the Palatine and Aventine hills, we can see the remains of one of the greatest attractions of the ancient empire - Circus Maximus. Circus Maximus was the Roman equivalent of the Greek hippodrome. Over the centuries, repeatedly expanded, it became a symbol of a circus or - if you p
In the 1950s, the Danes conducted a social experiment. Their goal was to create a new generation of Greenlanders. Instead, they led to a tragedy. The Inuit are indigenous peoples of the north living in the harsh conditions of the arctic and sub-arctic areas of Greenland, Canada, Alaska and Siberia
The Trans-Siberian Railway is one of the greatest achievements of Russian technical thought and the longest railway line in the world, measuring as much as 9289 km. It starts in Moscow and ends in Vladivostok, connecting the European part of Russia with Siberia, the Urals and the Far East. In fact
Next to the Christmas tree, they are an inseparable element of every Christmas. It seems to us that Christmas carols are so old that they have always existed. But is it really? Interestingly, initially, Christmas carols had little to do with Christmas. They were simply happy New Years songs, deriv
Replacing gates and wickets and carrying a cart to the roof of the barn are just some of the slightly eccentric, but also forgotten old customs and New Years Eve pranks. The magical atmosphere of one such night of the year made our ancestors come up with the strangest ideas. Where did New Years Ev
In the first weeks of February 1929, the Siberian Highway moved extremely far to the west, and covered all of northern and central Europe, up to the Alps. Together with him, among others winter has come to Poland, which has not been seen for years. It is no coincidence that it was called the winter
The Catholic Church has had a strange approach to homosexuality for centuries. The case of 17th century lesbian nun Benedetta Carlini is a great example of this. Homosexuality and the Catholic Church have had a strange relationship for centuries. On the one hand, it was considered a grave sin and
The very description of the activities once entrusted to the youngest - in factories, mines and farms - is frightening. Meanwhile, in the 19th century, and even in the 20th century, hundreds of thousands of children joined the European working class. Was it really necessary to take away their age of
An unusual find in Oman - Polish archaeologists found a board game from 4000 years ago. This is the most exciting discovery in the last season of research. The unexpected discovery was made during the work on the Omani-Polish research project Development of settlement in the mountains of northern
The Polish Peoples Republic would be fine if it wasnt for one problem ... meat. Its inaccessibility organized peoples daily lives, and price increases and supply difficulties sparked massive social protests. On July 8, 1980, the workers working in WSK-PZL Świdnik were agitated by the increase in p
One hundred years ago, the womens press experienced a real boom. What could our great-grandmothers find in the most popular titles? Some topics are still relevant today! Diversity - the key word of the interwar period. Considering the nationality, for example:Poles constituted only less than 70% o
The remains found in 2014 by participants of a canoe trip down the Vietluga River turned out to be fragments of a huge whitewashed - a former symbol of the Volga. It exceeds my wildest expectations, said Yuri Filipov, a professor at the Nizhny Novgorod State Historical and Architectural Museum. Th
The Mesopotamian capital was considered the most unbridled center of the world at that time. In Babylon, however, sex was closely related to ... religion. Apart from the biblical Sodom and Gomorrah, there is probably no other ancient city with such a bad reputation. Of course I am talking about Ba
The war is terrible because the closest ones are killed in it:fathers, husbands, sons and brothers. Sometimes a mournful telegram sent by the commander comes to the house of a fallen soldier, sometimes there is no information about the missing soldier for many years. It also happens that a mother re
The first literary version of this fairy tale is considered to be a story written by a Frenchwoman, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve. Her work is significantly different from the currently most popular Disney fairy tale. Moreover, it could have been inspired ... by real events that took place
Sex was intended to enlarge the family and was reserved for spouses. Pornography and sex toys are not for Poles - border controls eagerly picked up all illegal magazines. Cassettes and Playboy? Just be careful, quietly. From a friend, second-hand. What was the sexual awareness of the citizens of the
Why were State Farms liquidated? Although the ideological issue was not insignificant, the decisive fact was that the state-owned farms had ... considerable wealth. Most of the land of former state farms went to the Catholic Church, the rest was leased to individual farmers. Movable property has bee
“Some had burned eyebrows, and the skin was hanging from their faces and hands. Others raised their arms in pain (…). Still others were walking and vomiting, ”described the victims of nuclear attacks on Japan in 1946, the American journalist John Hersey. The number of killed and wounded was in the t
The Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Lithuania ... All these countries were part of the Jagiellonian Empire, but this was not enough for our rulers. They even had a chance to choose the emperor himself. And it would not be the first or the last ruler to owe the crown to the Jagiellonians. Year
Elon Musk wanted easy online payments, so he invented PayPal. When he wanted an electric car, he brought Tesla to life. Now it is revolutionizing space flight. His vision is on a par with the greatest pioneers of the past decades. Among them was also a man whose path to fame and billion-dollar fortu
August 1948 The situation between the newly formed state of Israel and Syria is as tight as a string. It is at this time that Israeli intelligence decides to intercept a Syrian arms shipment in the Mediterranean. The events accompanying the operation could become the canvas for an excellent action m
It was March 8, 1971, when, in the 15th and final round of the fight of the century, Joe Frazier unleashed his devastating left hook on the jaw of Muhammad Ali, sending him down - for just the third time in his career - on the canvas. Ali got up relatively quickly, but the final seal of the first pr