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42 facts about Kyshtym disaster
42 facts about Kyshtym disaster
The first nuclear accident in Earth's history
Before information about it saw the light of day, the Soviets hid it for over 30 years. The explosion at the Mayak combine was the first nuclear accid ...

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Ancient Sumer
The most characteristic buildings of the Sumer civilization were ziggurats.
These are temple buildings with a stepped terrace structure. Currently, the best-preserved is the Ziggurat of Ur - built around 2100 B.C. Originally it was 21 meters high.
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Ancient Sumer
The cities of Sumer were administratively divided into states ruled by governors (Ensi) or kings (Lugal).
In each city-state, there was a temple of one deity professed by the Sumer.
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Black death
It was the second plague epidemic to sweep through Europe.
The first was the Justinian Plague, which broke out in 451 and continued in successive waves until t ...
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Dyatlov Pass incident
The theory also explains why investigators failed to establish the truth.
Further strands of this theory assumed that search groups had been infiltrated. Their members skillfully diverted attention from certain traces, and obliterated some of them.
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Kyshtym disaster
Construction work proceeded under dramatic conditions.
The construction site was located in the middle of the taiga, surrounded by lakes and rivers. Winter ...
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Dyatlov Pass incident
The poses in which each corpse was found are also analyzed.
The corpses found by the campfire lay side by side on their backs, had their arms crossed behind the ...
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Battle of Thermopylae
Today, in the Thermopylae ravine, the barrow where the Spartans were buried has a stone tablet engraved with an inscription by the Greek poet Symonides: “Go tell the Spartans, thou who passest by, That here, obedient to their laws, we lie.”
Along the road near Thermopylae stands a monument to King Leonidas commemorating his role in world history.
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Kyshtym disaster
After significantly reducing the amount of radioactive waste poured into Techa, the Soviets began disposing of it into Lake Karachay.
The Soviets, despite the huge number of irregularities, expanded the combine by adding new reactors ...
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Mali Empire
Sundiata was not an absolute ruler, as the title he used might suggest, although he had universal power in the empire.
The Mali Empire was probably a federation in which each tribe had a representative on the council. T ...
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Jamestown
By January 1608, only 38 of the initial Jamestown inhabitants were accounted for.
The settlers drank salty water, most likely contaminated with arsenic. They contracted various disea ...
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39 facts about Dyatlov Pass incident
39 facts about Dyatlov Pass incident
Mysterious tragedy in the Ural mountains
The case of a group of students at the Ural Polytechnical Institute in Sverdlovsk continues to arouse great interest and raise many questions. A group ...
31 facts about Battle of Thermopylae
31 facts about Battle of Thermopylae
Stand to gain
One of the most famous invasions in the history of the ancient world. In the narrow isthmus of Thermopylae, the proud Spartans put up a fierce resista ...
25 facts about Troy
25 facts about Troy
A forgotten ancient city returned to history from mythology
Troy is a famous ancient city, best known for the war described by Homer.  There were many settlements in its area, which fell into decline only to be ...
21 facts about Mali Empire
21 facts about Mali Empire
The medieval state of the Mandé peoples
The origins of Mali's empire date back to the early 13th century, when the country's first ruler won a victory at the Battle of Kuolikoro and took con ...
15 facts about Black death
15 facts about Black death
The Great Plague
Although the disease produced black necrotic tissue, people living at the time of the pandemic referred to it as "the great plague," "the great scourg ...
25 facts about Medieval world
25 facts about Medieval world
Despite appearances, it was a colorful and dynamic period of world history
Many people imagine the Middle Ages as a time of total asceticism, lack of education and extreme piety. In reality, it was a time of political intrigu ...
19 facts about Masada
19 facts about Masada
Masada is Israel's Thermopylae, a symbol of heroic resistance to the very end
The ancient fortress located on the Dead Sea was the site of bloody battles between Jewish insurgents and the Romans. The Zealots' attitude in defendi ...
32 facts about Jamestown
32 facts about Jamestown
The first permanent British colony in New World
Although it has not been the first attempt to establish a colony in North America, Jamestown is the first permanent British settlement in the present ...
26 facts about Mohenjo-daro
26 facts about Mohenjo-daro
The mound of the dead men
More than five thousand years ago, in the Indus Valley (now Pakistan), there was a mysterious civilization, called the Indus Civilization. It was one ...
18 facts about ancient Sumer
18 facts about ancient Sumer
The mysterious people of antiquity
We know little about them, but what we have established makes you dizzy. A people of unknown origin who created a civilization that was the cradle of ...
20 facts about Axum Empire
20 facts about Axum Empire
One of the most advanced ancient civilizations
The Axum Empire was one of the most remarkable powers of the ancient world. Located in the northern part of modern Ethiopia and Eritrea, it once domin ...