Introduction: Photographs can allow us to travel to places and times that we have never witnessed before.
They allow us to see the world exactly as it is, and it is still moving from yesterday to a hundred years ago.
1. Mirny is a now-idle open-pit diamond mine located in eastern Siberia, Russia, the pit is just over half a kilometer deep and more than a kilometer in diameter, it is currently one of the largest excavated pits in the world.
The mine has been mined for 44 years, producing 1 million carats of diamonds per year at its peak in the 60s of the 20th century, and 25% of the world's diamonds are mined here.
2. On April 6, 1896, when the decision was made to resume the Olympic Games in 1,500 years, the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens to a large crowd.
3. In 1922, Los Angeles, California, USA, the planning site of Santa Monica Avenue in Westwood, USA, the predecessors planted trees, the descendants enjoyed the shade, the predecessors built roads, and the descendants enjoyed.
4. In December 1948, in New York, before online shopping and Black Friday appeared, New Yorkers flocked to department stores such as Macy's for holiday shopping.
5. In 1956, a group of Venetian workers had a hard job cleaning up the garbage and mud that had accumulated over the years on the canal bed. In order to keep the waters clean and keep the boats clear, it is actually essential to clean the canals regularly.
6. On a New York street in 1947, a model poses for a billboard artist.
7. Bosnia-Croatia, 1930s-1940s, two elderly women with tattoos on Catholics. Although their family is old and decrepit, they used to be like April.
8. In 1914, a woman in West Lafayette, Louisiana, sat on a stool to rest after washing her clothes~ Why is there something like a generator next to it?
9. Eric, a British robot from 1928, is drinking tea with its inventor, W.H. Richards.
10. In the 1880s, there was a robber next to the driver, whose job was to prevent thieves.
11. Dieter Palace, a stunning neo-baroque palace located in the city of Sosnowiec, Poland. It was commissioned by Heinich Dieter and built between 1880 and 1900.
The palace is a testimony to the architectural style of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
12. Peru, c. 400 AD, an early example of successful cranioplasty. The patient survived, was made of gold inlays and healed well. It is now on display at the Gold Museum of Peru and the World Arms Museum in Lima.
13. In a piece of pristine transparent amber in the Dominican Republic, a 30 million-year-old baby praying mantis was found.
It was found from the Oligocene epoch, about 23 million to 33.9 million years ago.
14. In 1971, 50,000 people at the Loland Public Library in Ohio fell with one shelf, and the rest all fell like dominoes.
15. A girl is repairing her car tires and does not know what kind of existence a female driver abroad is.
16.Italian artist Giovanni Battista Lombardi's creation on marble, water flooding the girl's feet.
17. This is a moon bed made of satin wood by carving, decorating and fine carpentry in Ningbo, China in 1876.
18. Pega Mongol "Greek" Theater! It is the steepest theater in the world, with an angle of about 70 degrees. The theater is said to have a capacity of 10,000 people, and its seating area is one of the steepest in the ancient world.
19. At Princeton University, two great figures in 20th-century science, J. Robert Oppenheimer and John von Neumann, pose for a group photo in front of a computer built by the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
20. This is currently one of the largest ancient frescoes in the world found in Antakya, Turkey, it covers an area of 836 square meters and was built in the late Roman period in the 4th century AD.
21. The Roman aqueduct in Tunisia, which has stood the test of time, was used for the water supply of the city of Carthage. This 132-kilometer-long aqueduct was one of the longest in the Roman Empire.
22. In 1871, Chicago, at that time, farm animals were usually kept within the city limits to provide their owners with fresh milk, butter, eggs, and other products to eat or sell.
23. Derinkuyu is an ancient underground city where thousands of people live. The ancient underground city is accidentally discovered when a man knocks down the walls of his basement.
According to paleologists, the "city" is 18 stories deep and has everything necessary for underground life, including schools, churches and even stables. It is almost 3,000 years old and once inhabited 20,000 people.
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