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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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Dyatlov Pass incident
After the case file was declassified, the evidence, including photos, was passed to the public domain.
Among the photos documenting the expedition of the Dyatlov group, there is one that invariably elect ...
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Troy
Troy IX existed from 85 BC to 500 AD. It was called Ilium.
It was a Hellenistic-Roman city. The most interesting discoveries from this period are the ruins of ...
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Axum Empire
The Aksum fleet appeared off the coast of the Arabian Peninsula, Persia, China, India, Indonesia and the Philippines.
There is no conclusive evidence for this, but it is speculated that the Aksumites may have reached Australia as well.
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Troy
In 1998, UNESCO declared the city of Troy and its archaeological site a World Heritage Site.
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Ancient Sumer
The Sumer left behind the oldest medical textbook, dating back to around 2,200 BC.
Medicine was one of the most highly developed scientific fields of the Sumer civilization.
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Axum Empire
In the middle of the 4th century (probably about 325 AD), during the reign of Ezana, Christianity was adopted in Aksum. It was caused by the influence of the Syrian merchants.
Axum became the second country in the world to adopt Christianity. The first was Armenia in 301 and the third was Roman Empire in 392.
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Kyshtym disaster
Irregularities were becoming more frequent at the combine itself.
Metal liquid waste tanks with a capacity of 300 cubic meters were located inside a cylinder made of ...
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Black death
The term quarantine was coined as a result of the Black Death.
Although the first isolations were used in ancient times, the term trentine appeared in 1377 near Ra ...
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Battle of Thermopylae
According to Herodotus, the army led by Xerxes numbered five million two hundred and eighty-three thousand men – including a battle-worthy two million six hundred and forty thousand.
Such a large throng of people (as well as accompanying animals), even under today’s conditions, woul ...
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Black death
Medieval Europe was powerless against disease. Its origin was attributed to supernatural phenomena.
It was theorized that "bad air," contaminated by the conjunction of planets, was responsible for the ...
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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 ...