Albert Einstein And Charlie Chaplin. USA, 1931

Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin. USA, 1931

Ivan Aivazovsky "Chaos. Creation of the World", 1841.

L. Belousova and O. Protopopov. Photographer Sergei Lidov. USSR, 1965

Mary Stuart's Football; 16th Century

Probably the world's oldest surviving football - discovered behind wall panels in the royal apartments at Stirling Castle in Scotland.

Dating back to the 1540s, it probably belonged to Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots - who was crowned at the castle in 1543 and subsequently visited it on numerous occasions. The queen was known to be keen on football, golf, horse riding and other sports; her diaries contain entries of games of football in the courtyards and on the lawns of the castle, in which she and other aristocrats, as well as commoners, took an active part.

Why the queen left (or forgot) this ball behind a wall panel in her apartments will probably forever remain a mystery.

Bus stop, 1920

Автобусная остановка, 1920 год.

Preparing the scenery for the film "The Lord of the Rings", 2000