Celts

Published February 11, 2018

Celts

Hallstatt is a small town in Upper Austria. In 1846 Georg Ramsauer discovered in the vicinity of Hallstatt an extensive ancient burial ground. The findings made by him were sensational: they testified to the existence here in 700-500 years BC a civilization that used iron! What kind of people lived in this remote mountainous region? It's about celts. It is here, in the mountainous region of Austria, around 700 BC...

Mikulchice

Published February 11, 2018

Mikulchice

The name of Cyril is associated with the creation of the Glagolitic Slavic alphabet. This became the most important event in the history of the Slavs, which initiated the development of their writing and culture. The most interesting monument of the Great Moravian epoch is the fort site "On the Vales" near the village Mikulchice (southern Bohemia)...

Pyramids in the Boyne valley

Published February 11, 2018

Pyramids in the Boyne valley

Approximately 40 km north of the capital of Ireland, Dublin, in the county of Meath, in the valley of the Boyne River, there are huge pyramids. These pyramids in the Boyne valley are a thousand years older than the famous Stonehenge and for five hundred years - the Egyptian pyramids in Giza. And they are no less impressive than Stonehenge...

Antes

Published February 11, 2018

Antes

The Gothic historian of Jordan, who wrote his works in the middle of the 6th century AD, as well as the Byzantine historians of the end of the same century, were defined by two groups of Slavs who lived in the south of Europe - sklaviny and antes. According to them, it turns out that the first were the western, and the second - the eastern branch of the Slavs...

Kensington stone

Published February 11, 2018

Kensington stone

In August 1898, farmer Olaf Oman, who purchased a farm near Kensington, Minnesota, cut down aspen on his land. When the roots were uprooted, it turned out that they were wrapped around a huge gray stone. Almost rectangular Kensington stone weighed 91 kg. When it was cleared from the ground, strange scratches appeared on the surface...

Machu Picchu

Published February 11, 2018

Machu Picchu

In the summer of 1911, an American archaeologist, Khairem Bingham, accompanied by Indian guides, undertook an expedition to the remote and inaccessible area of Central Peru. After going through a difficult and long journey, the expedition reached the edge of the jungle-covered mountain basin at the foot of the Machu Picchu mountain. From what Bingham saw, his breath caught: his feet lay fabulously beautiful ancient city Machu Picchu...

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