21 Photos With a Lot of History in the Background. A Sentimental Journey Into the Past

History is an extraordinary branch of knowledge. It resembles a dialogue between the past and the present. If you fancy to hear one, feel invited to the unusual time travel below.

During the industrial revolution in England and Ireland, a lot of people would work as the so-called 'knockers-up'. Their job was to wake up other people by knocking on the windows of their customers with a club or a long stick. Some would also use blow tubes. They blew peas at the windows. Their job became redundant in 1940's. There's just one question that still needs an answer: who woke up a knocker-up?

This miniature ecosystem has been growing for almost 40 years now, almost completely isolated from the rest of the world. It was watered only once and apart from that it is totally independent.

In 1864 a group of samurais went to visit Egypt. This is a photograph they took in front of the Sphinx.

The pilgrimage chapel of Mary of Lourdes is in the valley called Modlivý důl near the village of Svojkov in the Czech Republic. It was curved in sandstone in 1836 and replaced the wooden structure built in 1772. people would go there to ask Holy Virgin to stop the epidemics of cholera and plague. Regular religious services are still conducted there.

A special Bible with a hidden gun was made for Francesco Morozini (1618 – 1694) a doge of Venice. The gun was triggered by pulling a silk bookmark.

An Egyptian ring with a red cat. It dates back to 1085 – 664 BC. It was made of gold and carnelian, a kind of chalcedony.

A samurai helmet with a sophisticated ornament representing an octopus. It is called kabuto and was made in 18th century.

The seal of the Tutankhamen’s tomb was broken in 1923, which is 3,000 after he had been buried.

An athlete's skull with a golden wreath. It was found in Agios Nikolaos in Crete. The body perished with time and the wreathed adhered to the skull.

This is the marble sculpture of Moses made by Michelangelo. There is one details which is particularly interesting: the artist did not forget about a small muscle that is visible when you lift the little finger. This tension is also visible in the hard stone.

This is what Colossus of Rhodes might have looked like. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 227/226 BC.

The mosaic was created by Gary Drostle, a contemporary British artist. Thanks to a very skilled use of chiaroscuro ( the use of strong contrast between light and dark) you can get an impression that the Koi carps are alive, swimming freely in the pond.

Drawings of the Moon by Galileo made in 1609. he was not the first astronomer to be able to watch the satellite using an optical instrument. It was actually Thomas Harriot who in July 1609 (4 months before Galileo's observations) saw the Moon through a telescope and drew a map of it.

This is the model of medieval Bologna. There were as many as 180 towers in the city back then. The tallest one was 97 meters tall.

This is an American train called Mercury. It carried passengers from 1930's to 1950's, reaching top speed of 160 km/ hour. It looks like a science-fiction movie vehicle.

This bottle of olive oil was found in Pompeii. It is well over 2,000 years old and the oil has remained inside till now.

The hotel was a location for two James Bond movies: Spectre (2015) and License to Kill (1989). In both movies you will see exactly the same elevator.