History

The last major series of excavations were carried out between 1964 and 1965.

Troy VII, which existed from 1300 to 950 BC, is the rebuilt Troy VI.  

There are 33 US states with cities or towns named Troy, and ten with colleges and universities with sports teams named Trojan.

Nine years after the catastrophe, the East Ural Nature Reserve was established in the zone of radioactive contamination.

By the end of Musa's reign, Sankore University had become an institution with a full academic staff and the largest collection of books in Africa since the Library of Alexandria.

By 1350, the empire covered about 1,240,140 square kilometers. It ruled over 400 cities, towns, and villages. At the time, only the Mongol Empire was larger.

The Persian army was predominantly light-armed infantry.

The last entry in Dyatlov's diary is dated January 31, 1959.

Steles (vertically aligned slabs with inscriptions or bas-relief decorations, vertical tombstones), unique in the world, have survived to the present day in the former kingdom of Aksum.

Information about the Mayak explosion reached the public in 1992.