Photography & Digital Art,Travel,Science & Technology,History,Social IssuesAUG 8, 2022

This Facebook Group Shares Curious Historical Artefacts From The Past, Here Are 50 Of The Most Interesting

Mindaugas Balčiauskas and Liucija Adomaite

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World history is the narrative of humanity's past, understood and studied through archaeology, anthropology, genetics, and linguistics. Since the invention of writing, human history has been studied through primary and secondary source documents.

And the chances are you had (or have) a fair amount of this discipline back in high school and if you hadn’t slept through it, you’d have much better knowledge of it than you do now.

In fact, an article in The New York Times reported "Only 22 percent of American students had mastered enough history in their high school days to identify two contributions made by Lincoln to this country." The thing is, it was published in 1943, but it could have been written today.

Luckily, there’s this Facebook page dedicated to sharing some of the most interesting and lesser known bits of history. It won’t make us re-learn everything from scratch, but it will surely spark this lost interest into the times of the past.

Titled “The World Of History,” the page reminds us how similar yet different humans were hundreds of years ago compared with us today. Below, we wrapped up some of the most interesting posts shared here, so scroll down and enjoy!

#21 The 2800 Year Old Kiss!

These human remains were unearthed in 1972 at the Teppe Hasanlu archaeological site, located in the Solduz Valley in the West Azerbaijan Province of Iran. The archaeologist who studied the skeletons confirms they were there since 2,800 years ago. The University of Pennsylvania has determined that the couple died together around 800 BC. The skeletons do appear like they are kissing each other before they died – as if to signify that love is eternal.

#21 The 2800 Year Old Kiss!

#22 Residents Of West Berlin Show Their Children To Their Grandparents Living In East Berlin, 1961

#23 A Berlin Boy Sells Lemonade Using A Portable Lemonade Dispenser, 1931.

#24 Meeting Around A Baguette. France 1950. Photo By: Robert Doisneau

#25 Canadian And German Soldiers Sharing A Cigarette During The Second Battle Of Passchendaele, November 1917

#26 Vietnam War Helmet Graffiti, 1967- “War Is Good Business- Invest Your Son”

#27 16 Year-Old Anti-Aircraft Soldier Of The German Army, Hans-Georg Henke, Cries From Combat Shock As His World Falls Apart. He Was Captured By The Us 9th Army In Hessen, Germany In 1945

#28 The Statue Of Liberty - Paris, France - 1886 (Before It Was Transported To America)

#29 Seems Legit

#30 Sisters In Cigarette Break, England, 1960s

#31 Town Of Rysstad, Norway, 1888 - 2013

#32 A German Woman With Her All Belonging Sitting Alone In War Ruined Cologne. 1945

#33 Abraham Lincoln At Gettysburg During The Civil War. Left: Allan Pinkerton, Right: Gen John Mcclernand. 1863. (Colorized)

#34 The 3,300 Year Old Sandals Of King Tutankhamen

#35 Anatoly Golombievsky, A Soviet Veteran Who Lost Both His Legs During The Battle For Novorossiysk, During World War II, Takes The Salute Of 4 Cadets At The Nakhimov Navy School On V-Day In Leningrad, 1989

#36 Tricycle Of 3 Year Old Boy Named Shin, Who Died 1,500 Meters From The Hypocenter Of Hiroshima Atomic Bombing, 1945

#37 Electric Charging Cars In 1917

#38 The Queen Of England And Her Husband At The Horse Races In 1968

#39 2 Year-Old Elvis Presley With His Parents, 1937

#40 General George S. Patton’s Pet Dog On The Day Of His Owner’s Death, December 21st, 1945