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SHEDDING NEW LIGHT

From Rasputin’s chilling blue eyes to nuke tests in paradise… incredible colourised pictures change the way we’ll see history

Photos of legendary figures such as Queen Victoria and and the last queen of Hawaii have been brought to life from their original black and white

AMAZING photos from landmarks in world history have been revealed in colour for the first time.

Photos of legendary figures such as Queen Victoria and infamous Rasputin were restored from their original black and white.

The Mad Monk himself Grigori Rasputin is brought to life in this colourised rendition of a snap of the man who went from wandering mystic to the confidant of the Russian royal family
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The Mad Monk himself Grigori Rasputin is brought to life in this colourised rendition of a snap of the man who went from wandering mystic to the confidant of the Russian royal familyCredit: ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images

Other pictures show major world events - from Crystal Palace's stunning Great Exhibition to the horrors of the Holocaust.

Others show Rasputin in colour and the testing of one of the first nuclear bombs.

The snaps, dating from 1850 to 1960, have been compiled into a new book called The Colour of Time: A New History of the World.

By showing the pictures in colour, it is hoped readers can see "a new way of looking at the world during a time of monumental change".

Trouble in Paradise

The Baker nuke test during Operation Crossroads conducted by the US on the Bikini Atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean in 1946 is made all the more real with the addition of colour
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The Baker nuke test during Operation Crossroads conducted by the US on the Bikini Atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean in 1946 is made all the more real with the addition of colourCredit: Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images

Horror of the Holocaust

The horrors of the Holocaust are brought home in this horrifying photo of emaciated survivors after the liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp by the Allies in 1945
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The horrors of the Holocaust are brought home in this horrifying photo of emaciated survivors after the liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp by the Allies in 1945Credit: CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images

The Great Exhibition

The Egyptian Court inside the Crystal Palace, an impressive structure built specifically for the Great Exhibition of 1851 held in London
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The Egyptian Court inside the Crystal Palace, an impressive structure built specifically for the Great Exhibition of 1851 held in LondonCredit: Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images

Death in Paris

This famous photo of slaughtered Paris communards makes the horror of the thousands slaughtered all the more terrifying
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This famous photo of slaughtered Paris communards makes the horror of the thousands killed all the more terrifying

Young Victoria

Queen Victoria was 35 when this photograph was taken by Roger Fenton. Victoria wrote in her diary that she was 'very successfully photographed, but it took a long time'
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Queen Victoria was 35 when this photograph was taken by Roger Fenton. Victoria wrote in her diary that she was 'very successfully photographed, but it took a long time'Credit: SSPL/Getty Images

Empress of China

Cixi, Empress Dowager of China, was one of the most important women in Chinese history. She ruled China for almost five decades
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Cixi, Empress Dowager of China, was one of the most important women in Chinese history. She ruled China for almost five decadesCredit: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery/MCT via Getty Images

Last Queen of Hawaii

Lilliuokalani, the last Queen of Hawaii, who ruled the islands before they were annexed by the US in 1898
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Lilliuokalani, the last Queen of Hawaii, who ruled the islands before they were annexed by the US in 1898

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