40 curious historical pictures from different eras (41 photos)

Historical photographs are monuments of time that keep the memory about outstanding people, important events and valuable lessons from the past. They take us to different eras, making us think about the past, and maybe even rethink the present. Let's take a look at interesting historical footage different years.





1. Shavarsh Vladimirovich Karapetyan - Soviet swimmer, who in In 1976, he single-handedly saved 20 people from a sinking trolley bus that had fallen from bridge



2. Thousands of Iranian women protest against the mandatory hijab, 1979



3. 650 American officers and enlisted men lined up in uniform horses, paying tribute to the memory of more than 8 million horses, mules and donkeys, killed in World War I



4. A 9,000-year-old found in a cave near Cheddar, England skeleton. Turns out he has the same DNA as an English history teacher who lives near the place of discovery



5. Shepherd with children, Khinalig village, Azerbaijan, 1970s



6. Dubai in 1985 and 2016



7. Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990



8. Remains of the ancient Roman city of Timga, Algeria



9. Polish border guard and his horse drink water from a stream, Bieszczady, 1980



10. Arcadiko Bridge in Greece, built during the Mycenaean civilizations (from the 16th to the 11th century BC) - one of the most ancient in the world arch bridges, and the oldest bridge in Europe



11. 19-year-old Elizabeth II in the service in 1945



12. Paris, France, 1890



13. Bedouin mother, 1948 Photograph by Ilo Battigueli



14. German and British aircraft fight over St. Paul's Cathedral during the Battle of Britain, London, 1940



15. Activist Ben Mazel smokes on the presidential ballot. elections in 1976. He took advantage of the law prohibiting arrests during voting time



16. A lone dog against the backdrop of retreating Italian troops near Stalingrad, December 1942



17. In 1998, a bridge was built in Honduras over the Choluteca River, but Hurricane Mitch shifted the riverbed to the side



18. Good shot: actor Yul Brynner at the premiere of the film "The Ten Commandments", where he played the role of Ramses II, 1956



19. A woman adjusts her stocking for Goodyear illuminated tires, 1961.



20. Coins that saved the life of a soldier during the First World War



21. Jordanian brides are waiting for the ceremony. In this largest The mass wedding ceremony was attended by 48 couples. Amman, 1999



The ceremony was funded by the Islamist charity a group thati covers expenses for couples who can't afford pay for the wedding.

22. A soldier of the French Foreign Legion holds a dog along nicknamed Fritz, which was the "talisman" of the battalion. He was accepted into the battalion in 1940, and since then the dog has been next to the soldiers



23. Cabin of an American B-24 bomber damaged by a Japanese anti-aircraft shell on January 27, 1945



24. In the photo - a thousand-year-old chariot, recently discovered in Luoyang city, China. An employee sprays water on a valuable artifact to prevent drying



25. Robert Oppenheimer with Albert Einstein at the Institute for Advanced Study, USA, 1947



26. Pictures and fingerprints of Benito Mussolini, Bern, Switzerland, 1903



27. The artificial tree used by the British army as an observation post. World War I



28. Coca-Cola ad from the 1960s in Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy. Grain for pigeons laid out in the inscription "Coca-Cola"



29. Artist Mark Monnier paints during the Gulf War, October 1991, Kuwait



30. Japanese samurai, 1870s



31. Toddlers during daytime sleep in a Moscow nursery, 1958. Children slept in the cold - it was believed that this strengthens the immune system



32. Snowball fight in Lyon, France, 1896



33. Canadian police officer guarding a pharmacy during a flood in Galt, Ontario, 1974



34. Hyperinflation in Germany, 1923. Stamps (banknotes) lost their value so much that they were used as wallpaper (and also for kindling furnaces)



35. Irish boy with Molotov cocktails during a fight for the Bogside - riots in the city of Derry between Catholics (Nationalists) and Protestants (Unionists). 1969



36. This is what Manhattan, New York, looked like in 1609



37. Fires in Kuwait, 1991 Then the Iraqi military set fire to about 700 oil wells while retreating from Kuwait.



38. "Oil" beach in Huntington Beach, California, 1930s



39. A man with a cart full of diapers, during the riots in Los Angeles in 1992



40. Muhammad Ali during a trip to Egypt, June 1964