"Lukomorye has a green oak …" - these lines are familiar to everyone from childhood. This "Lukomorye" is perceived as a kind of distant fabulous country. But is it really a fictional place? Let's try to figure it out, relying on the maps and legends of the peoples of the world
For cartographers of Europe, the territory of Russia was often enigmatic and mysterious. It is all the more interesting to wander through the old maps created in the West
We figure out how we manage to feel in the shoes of the character of our favorite book and why it is worth learning to read as early as possible
Militants of the Islamist organization ISIS posted photos on the network showing the demolition of ancient architectural monuments. The sculptures and decorations turned out to be made of modern reinforced concrete. This is clearly seen in the frames with channels and fittings, which were opened during the destruction of monuments
Researchers have found that artisans, already 2,000 years ago
Arkaim (Chelyabinsk region) - a mysterious ancient city - was discovered in 1987 in the Chelyabinsk region, where the conditional border of Europe and Asia passes. "Arkaim", which in translation from Turkic means "ridge, back, base"
It is human nature to invent something new, and over the past few decades, scientists have made tremendous strides in the development of the latest technologies. But, as you know, the new is the well-forgotten old, and often ancient masters who did not have academic degrees possessed secrets that still remain a mystery to us
It is believed that the Battle of Borodino took place in 1812. The reason for considering this dating groundless for the author was photographs of living participants in the Patriotic War, their service records and a real photo of Napoleon himself
The now deserted North Africa has recently been a flourishing land, with numerous large cities, full-flowing rivers and other benefits for humans. After all, there is no point in developing civilization in a resource-poor climate. How did the area become deserted, where there are traces of a highly developed civilization at every step?
At the mention of the Great Wall of China
Who among us is not familiar with Rudyard Kipling's touching story about "The Frog" Mowgli - a boy who grew up in the jungle? Even if you have not read The Jungle Book, you probably watched cartoons based on it. Alas, the real stories of children raised by animals are not as romantic and fabulous as the works of an English writer and do not always end with a happy ending
In nature, same-sex reproduction - parthenogenesis, when females produce offspring without the participation of males - is not uncommon. This typically occurs among tiny invertebrates, insects, and arachnids. This happens only in 70 species of vertebrates, that is, in 0.1 percent. But including mammals
At the base of Maslow's pyramid of needs lies material well-being, which means that a person's spiritual development is impossible without a certain level of life. Psychologists, sociologists and other scientists convince us of this, and people who find themselves below the poverty line directly state that they are not going to engage in soul development until favorable conditions are created for them. But what if Maslow is wrong? What if it is not being that determines consciousness, but consciousness controls the events of your life?
“If you think that your education system is not perfect and not effective, it only means that at one time you studied well according to this system, received a diploma with honors and lost the ability to learn! You look at things superficially and primitively - to the extent of your understanding of all processes and phenomena in the universe
Being optimistic can help keep your brain healthy, according to a report from the World Council on Brain Health. Nevertheless, there are bad habits that should be abandoned, as they negatively affect the functioning of the brain. Expert advice
30 years ago, on February 17, 1988, the brightest representative of Russian rock, musician and poet Alexander Bashlachev passed away. The circumstances of his death were so strange that they still cause a lot of controversy about the reasons for his premature departure
Energy is needed for the development of the economy and humanity as a whole, and that is why energy sources have become the most important and demanded raw materials in world markets
From my point of view, these are the usual tricks of parasites. And all this is done just for the sake of profit
On physical education and sports: they are not the same thing, they have different effects on people, on the life of society, its prospects
Light pollution, excessive use of artificial light, the phenomenon is still poorly understood, but it seems that its effect on the nature of the Earth is much more dangerous than previously thought
The English-language portal inews posted news in which the parasite Toxoplasma gondii is causing business acumen. Researchers have found that this simplest parasite, spread by cats, makes people behave in more adventurous ways. In fact, this parasite pushes people to do business and not be afraid to take risks and make profitable deals
Ancient Indian treatises have always enjoyed particular popularity and are rightfully considered the best collections of human knowledge. It may seem surprising, but the Indians knew about many relatively recent scientific concepts, for example, such as gravity and the speed of light, for many centuries before the discovery of these phenomena. It remains only to be surprised and to read the ancient treatises more attentively
Warangal is a city in the Indian state of Telangana. The place is known for many architectural monuments of the 12-14 centuries. Here are the remains of the Warangal fortress. Yes, there are enough stone ruins here. But as always, interesting facts from this place lie in the details of the skillfully worked rocks
Ask - how? Find out about this below. What for? Most likely for the purpose of recovery. And it is possible that for the purpose of lighting
The state of Florida in North America has a pretty rich history. In addition to the fact that he constantly passed from hand to hand of the colonial powers during their wars. It was also the last refuge of the "5 civilized tribes" of the Indians, after which their complete decline happened during the expansion of the mainland
Hidden in the abandoned rocky landscape of the Makran coastline in southern Baluchistan, Pakistan, it is an architectural gem that has deliberately gone unnoticed and unexplored for centuries
There are no ugly women. Because somewhere, someday, this particular type of pink-cheeked bbw or red-haired skinny girl without eyebrows and eyelashes was the ultimate dream of a strong half of humanity. However, not half. Today we are used to focusing on Western tastes imposed by Hollywood, and sometimes we forget that the farther from the usual civilization, the weirder. If not to say worse - for a modern European, of course
Let's turn again to one of the most ancient civilizations in the world and to one of the most mysterious countries - Egypt. Countless versions and controversies give rise to traces of the activities and structures of the ancients. Here are a few more questions to which there can only be fantastic answers
At first there was nothing. Including human heads. When heads with brains inside appeared, they began to observe the world and put forward hypotheses regarding its structure. During the time that civilization exists, we have made significant progress in understanding: from the world - mountains surrounded by the ocean and a hard sky hanging over it to a multiverse of unimaginable sizes. And this is clearly not the last concept
The sensation of the century can be called the discovery made by Russian scientists in Turkmenistan. A unique culture that disappeared four millennia ago can change our understanding of the history of the Ancient World
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, tsantsa were in vogue in Europe and North America. They can be found in museums, auction houses and private collections, exhibited as if to demonstrate the barbaric customs of evil savages who kill their fellows by the hundreds for the sake of an infernal trophy. The reality, as usual, is even more unsightly: most of the demand for dried human heads was created by white people who actively lobbied for this market in the enlightened West
Looking at small houses made of ice or snow cubes, most of us ask the question: "How can you live in such a strange house in harsh conditions?" But the northern peoples know that there is nothing more reliable than ice igloos, and if you build them correctly, then at a temperature of -40 ° outside, indoors it will be + 20 °! What needs to be done to live in comfortable conditions in an extreme climatic zone is our further story
When we watch films in which heroes in trouble are desperately fighting for their lives, we feel that survival skills are not useful to us. However, any of us can face mortal danger
If you look at society as a whole completely and in particular, then it can be classified according to the following rating system
The first cell could not survive if it were not for the special "climate" of life created by the sea. Likewise, each of the hundreds of trillions of cells that make up the human body would die without blood and lymph. Over the millions of years since life appeared, nature has developed an internal transport system that is immeasurably more original, efficient and more clearly controlled than any of the means of transportation ever created by man
Many people know a terrible and little-studied disease called Progeria. Children suffering from it turn into little old people and die in early adolescence. But there is, it turns out, and almost the opposite syndrome
Not so long ago, according to historical standards, the brain was spoken of as a "black box", the processes inside which remained a mystery. Recent scientific achievements no longer allow us to declare this so categorically. However, there are still far more questions than unambiguous answers in the field of brain research
Optimism and hope for the best can lead to positive changes in a person's life, while a pessimistic attitude, on the contrary, can cause failure. Such an opinion in the program “SophieCo. Visionaries,”said psychologist and founder of Skeptic magazine Michael Shermer
Silence is empty space. Space is the home of the awakened mind. - Buddha
How much water should you actually drink? Will my skin start to look more hydrated if I drink more water? And is it true that coffee dehydrates the body?