Historical people

Artist Bas Uterwijk, from Amsterdam, uses a sophisticated AI software that recognises common facial features to make realistic photo-style portraits of famous figures.

THE UNIVERSAL FORCE OF LOVE

Portraits of The Queen, by photographer Dorothy Wilding, are on show at Buckingham Palace as a part of major Platinum Jubilee displays.

Stunningly beautiful, Austrian Empress Sisi was a legendary beauty who left behind a heritage of skincare and haircare that is indispensable even today.

Most often the color palette that we associate with history is limited to black and white only. But have you ever imagined what did people, their outfits and backgrounds look like in real life - in color? Members of this one group on reddit, called r/ColorizedHistory, sure have: they pick historic photos that we have only seen in black and white, and bring them back to life by digitally coloring them.

Lippert: The Young Apprentice. But if course it is the reflection of the older man which grabs the attention, not the apparent and superficial subject of the picture. re-blogged from blastedheath

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Stanislav Petrov

Matilda of Flanders Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy Matilda of Flanders, the wife of William the Conqueror, and the first woma...

The incredible stories of the gay men who fought for the British during the two world wars has been revealed in a new book - on the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality.

The legendary Russian mystic died 100 years ago, on Dec. 30, 1916. Here's what to know about the truth behind 5 myths about his life.

There's an iconic photograph of physicist extraordinaire Albert Einstein sitting on a rock dressed in shorts and open toed sandals, looking a bit like the original hipster.This image has sparked the imagination of science nerds and Einstein fans for decades, and is often used in a "scientists have fun too" kinda way, but what's the real story behind this photo?Turns out this is a snapshot of Albert at the beach wouldn't have happened without this guy:His name is David Rothman, and he owned…

History of the Two Empires - Bonaparte, Napoleon III - napoleon.org

From Shirley Chisholm to the Notorious RBG, these are women your students should get to know for Women's History Month or any time.

Copious documentation of Albert Einstein's religious views: something approximating pantheism (God is all) or panentheism (God is in everything).