History

Celestial phenomena such as eclipses or planetary conjunctions have been triggers of different historical events

At the Askania Nova research institute in Ukraine, there is a plaque commemorating biologist Ilya Ivanov's work there. This zoologist was one of the great experts in the artificial insemination of animals. But what doesn't count is that he was the first scientist who wanted to obtain a human-ape hybrid.

According to the researchers, the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs and 75% of all life on Earth, 66 million years ago, would also have caused about two years of darkness.

The confirmation that Sitting Bull has a living great-grandson has been made possible using DNA from the hair of the great Sioux chief. It is the first time such a feat has been accomplished.

Find out what happened on the Night of Broken Glass, one of the sad events that led to the Jewish Holocaust in Germany. We tell you about it here.

Find out who have been the most famous and fearsome pirate women in history. Pirate women who have become legend.

The Metal Age is a period of prehistory, which is after the Stone Age and before the Old Age. It is characterized by using metal in tools and weapons.

This was makeup in Ancient Egypt. Discover some of the most curious facts about how the Egyptians used makeup and what they used for it.