history

Some people call Cuba an island or a country of contrasts and, of course, they are right in many respects. After all, on the one hand, there is undivided...

This fortress, located at an altitude of almost 3000 m/10,00 ft, was built in the 10th century by the pre-Incan civilization of the Chachapoya people.…

Just like the Strauss waltzes, the Viennese cutlet - or Wiener schnitzel - has become a symbol of the Austrian capital. The cutlet has a strange fate...

In Russia, as well as in other European countries, there were many legends in which various evil spirits were directly involved ...

Considering coca as only a well-known plant native to South America is not entirely correct. Let's not argue that this shrub, similar to ...

There is one good tradition in the Land of the Rising Sun. It consists in telling interesting stories about ghosts relating to the old days.…

Moso or Mosuo is a people living at the junction of the provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan in the Lugu Lake region in China. Today is short...

Poymanniki is a strange word unfamiliar to us that came from the middle of the 19th century. By itself, this word does not cause much fear, ...

Personally, I liked the film "Braveheart" as a whole, although it did not catch on. But I've always wondered that the Scots themselves...

Many of the words that our ancestors used have long since "died". Most of them we no longer use or have gradually replaced…