American singer Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, known professionally as Halsey wears eye-catching makeup to celebrate AF 94 in the last decade of July 2022. (Photo by iamhalsey/Instagram)

American model Bella Hadid almost had a wardrobe malfunction as she spilled out of her outfit and showed off some major cleavage. The supermodel was spotted in New York City on October 16, 2020, and she made sure to turn some heads with her attire. (Photo by Backgrid USA)

American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo (R) seen at BRIT Awards 2022 Sam Fender's After Party at Four Quarters in Peckham on February 08, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Neil Mockford/Ricky Vigil M/GC Images)

Bella Hadid and Joan Smalls are seen attending the Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between' Costume Institute Gala – After Party on May 02, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Splash News and Pictures)

In this photo taken on June 16, 2019 Indian stuntman Chanchal Lahiri, known by his stage name “Jadugar Mandrake”, is lowered into the Ganges river, while tied up with steel chains and ropes, in Kolkata. An Indian magician who went missing after being lowered into a river tied up in chains and ropes in a Houdini-inspired stunt is feared drowned, police said June 17. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)

Karima Adebibe, the newly crowned face of Lara Croft, poses, with a Burmese python on the eve of the release of the record breaking new video game “Lara Croft Tomb Raider; Legend” at The Barbican on April 6, 2006 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Do you think that history is a science? Well, not exactly. First, and foremost, history is the state's “legend of wars”, it’s official regalia. Of course, public historians are not interested in scientific truth – quite the opposite. In this respect, any attempt to present a state’s history as altruistic and benevolent as possible is welcomed and encouraged – as opposed to any revisionism attempts that may be more accurate. In this matter, Chinese have surpassed us all – they revised in highly creative manner (but rather shamelessly) the technology already invented by Europeans, a process that resulted in oldest state on the planet. Here is an interesting paradox: ask any sinologist about the Middle Kingdom during second century B.C., and he will describe it to you in such a vivid manner as if he has been living there all his life – but as soon as you will ask him to describe Chinese history in the 19-20th centuries… let's say, his eagerness will be greatly diminished. However, we will discuss China in a different article, and in the meantime we will try to understand how exactly historic “legend of wars” is formed and functions – based on a specific and well-known example. A great example is Ferdinand Magellan's first voyage around the world.

A curator poses next to a creation which is displayed as part of the “Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto” exhibition at the Victoria and Albert museum, in London, Tuesday, September 12, 2023. (Photo by Alberto Pezzali/AP Photo)