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The Dark Discovery of Mexico's Huge Tower of Human Skulls (Video)
... façade, an eerie structure emerged from the depths of history, shrouded in both fascination and horror. This macabre discovery , known as the tower of human ...
Robbie Mitchell - 08/06/2023 - 20:54
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Sumerian Vampires Inspired Tales of Bloodsucking Baobhan Sith, Satan, and Dracula
... treacherous vampires. Since Bram Stoker’s 1897 Gothic horror Dracula, the silver screen has seen many versions of ... to the present. But where did vampires first appear in history? And what do they really represent? The Baobhan Sith, ...
ashley cowie - 18/06/2020 - 21:49
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9 Methods of Ancient Punishment That’ll Make You Squirm
... Elephants have played a number of important roles in human history. In some cultures, the elephant is a revered ... undesirables among the royal class. It has an extensive history of imprisonment. Both people and animals alike have ... medieval torture devices were being created, more horror stories began to be attached to them. One story stated ...
ancient-origins - 12/05/2019 - 18:53
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Not Just an Urban Legend: The Terrifying Ghostly Tales of the Lady in White
... of blood and bruises, causing him to abandon his taxi in horror. On the other side of the world, in Newark, New ... is fluid, changing to fit circumstances with each local history. Common to many of these legends is the theme of loss ...
MartiniF - 04/03/2017 - 15:30
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3,500 Years Ago, Hittites Sacked and Razed an Unwary City
... Schloen is a respected specialist in the archaeology and history of the ancient Levant (Syria and Palestine) from 3000 ... reports was made using “decades of work documenting the history of the region” and especially the OI’s creation ... left lying on floors, it’s so easy to imagine a horror scene. But interestingly, excavations at Sam'al have ...
ashley cowie - 01/09/2019 - 09:14
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The Book of Giants: The Watchers, Nephilim, and The Book of Enoch
... of the Watchers and the Nephilim. We will discover the history and contributions of these ancient scrolls and look ... survived the flood intended to cleanse the Earth of their horror. The Book of Giants: The Watchers, Nephilim, and The ...
ancient-origins - 08/10/2016 - 03:42
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The True Story of the First Viking Invasion of England (Video)
... like gold and silver. The terrified monks, witnessing this horror, tried to hide their valuable books, but the Vikings ... of terror that gripped England for decades, shaping its history and leaving an enduring mark on the nation's ...
Robbie Mitchell - 07/07/2023 - 17:00
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Antichrist: The Deceiver, Betrayer and Herald of the End of Times
... ) The Antichrist As The Herald Of The End Times But as the history slowly unraveled, the concept of the Antichrist ... of the Antichrist. Here we must remember that throughout history, the world has seen some immense events unravel that ... all know is “ The Omen,” the 1976 AD supernatural horror movie that follows the story of an odd boy, Damien ...
Aleksa Vučković - 02/01/2021 - 17:57
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Why Do Christmas Ghost Stories Have Such Enduring Appeal?
... historian Susan Owens, author of The Ghost, A Cultural History , the ode of Beowulf is one of the oldest ... later, the teenage Mary Shelley set her influential horror story Frankenstein in a snowy wasteland, although ...
ancient-origins - 23/12/2019 - 14:00
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Older than Dracula: In Search of the English Vampire
... the feet and wings of a cockerel – by Cumbrian County History . But it’s the myth of the vampire bat that has ... archives and journals What picture emerges then in this history of the English vampire? The Croglin Vampire has never ... as The British Vampire in 1977 in an anthology of horror by Daniel Farson, who turns out to be Stoker’s ...
ancient-origins - 01/11/2018 - 00:52
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Why Ghosts Haunt England at Christmas but Steer Clear of America
... the time of the Bard himself. So the tradition has a long history – but only in England. Scottish and Irish ... its mark on British society and culture, the long British history of broadcasting Christmas ghost stories has kept them ...
ancient-origins - 19/12/2016 - 03:45
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Woking the Dead: British Museum Bans the Word ‘Mummy’ for Ancient Remains
... 600 BC. He said this was in part “to acknowledge the history of colonial exploitation and to give her the respect ... mummies with “terrifying monsters, thanks to countless horror B-movies such as 1932's The Mummy.” According to ... contempt” for how we all understand words, meanings and history. So, Egyptologists will no longer be “field ...
ashley cowie - 23/01/2023 - 13:59
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Library in Stone: The Ica Stones of Professor Cabrera – Part I
... would have rendered the entire, current concept of human history as absurd. The engravings can be nothing else but ...
WalterJoergLangbein - 16/02/2022 - 00:54
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Twelfth Night Ghost Story: The White Lady Of Flamborough
... tech journalist, and podcaster with a soft spot for history. He was born a ‘chime child’ with a caul so, ... spaces, mythic places, folklore, the supernatural, folk horror and other weirdness. ...
Charles Christian - 05/01/2022 - 19:46
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Baron Samedi And the Voodoo Loa of Haiti
... Boston, US. (Calvin Hennick / CC BY 3.0 ) Media and History Many film and pop culture characters take their ... Descendants Of The Fallen Angels From Canaan Throughout history, many have used religion to ensure their control over ...
Khadija Tauseef - 29/04/2022 - 19:07
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In the Spirit of Science: Casting Light on the Enchanting Will-o’-the-Wisp
... Domain By Ashley Cowie References Leslie O'Malley. "HISTORY OF THE JACK O'LANTERN AND THE LEGEND OF STINGY JACK" ... APS News. https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200603/history.cfm Cromell, Cathy. “Aerobic Versus Anaerobic ...
ashley cowie - 08/02/2018 - 18:56
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Desecration and Romanticization – The Real Curse of Mummies
... Mummy is a big budget investment for Universal Studios. History suggests that the movie will be a major success. ... curses and kings Why is the mummy such a popular trope in horror cinema? The mummy, it can be argued, symbolizes some ... retellings, of varying degrees of fidelity to history, including the movie The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb ...
ancient-origins - 01/06/2017 - 02:05
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Of Monsters and Men: What Is the Grim Being Known as Grendel from the Epic Beowulf?
... the right director, Monsters, Inc. could be turned into a horror film with only minor changes to the storyline. In ... from Asia. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: A History of Monsters, from Werewolves to Hippogriffs Ten ...
Riley Winters - 06/04/2019 - 01:30
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The Lost Cycle of Time: An Ancient Look at the Future - Part 3
... cause the changes, or giving any credence to horror-scope astrology. Rather we are pointing out that we ... that has lost an understanding of its place in cosmic history. Like an individual with amnesia, we forgot our past ... the future. But when we remember our rich and beautiful history, we rediscover our incredible potential and begin to ...
Walter Cruttenden - 30/03/2014 - 13:03
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4,000-Year-Old Chinese Earthquake Victims Captured in their Final Moments
... by the casing of volcanic ash and mud, in Lajia the full horror is brutally apparent in their skeletal remains. Bronze ... shedding light on a significant period in China's history. Top image: Woman embracing a child, Lajia Ruins ...
Robin Whitlock - 02/07/2023 - 19:00