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Elmina Castle and its Dark History of Enslavement, Torture, and Death
Elmina Castle is a white-washed Medieval Castle on the coast of Ghana. It was the first – and for many centuries – the largest, European building constructed in tropical Africa. Yet its grandeur, as well as its picturesque surroundings with blue skies, sandy beaches, and tropical palms, disguise a dark history – Elmina Castle was the last place that thousands of African slaves would ever see of their homeland.
Bryan Hill - 23/07/2018 - 21:43
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Looking to ancient wisdom for guidance on modern day refugee crisis
Berlin recently agreed to curb the number of migrants it welcomed after a backlash against Angela Merkel’s
ancient-origins - 04/10/2015 - 00:45
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Jure Grando and The First Documented Case of Vampirism in Europe
... Transylvania in Romania, thanks to Bram Stoker’s Gothic horror novel, Dracula . Nevertheless, stories of vampires ...
dhwty - 13/09/2016 - 00:38
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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 ...
Riley Winters - 06/04/2019 - 01:30
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Giants: Sons of the Gods
... Did you know their ancestry is steeped in unimaginable horror? Genesis 6. The nephilim. The first few verses of this ...
ancient-origins - 28/10/2017 - 00:30
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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 ...
ashley cowie - 18/06/2020 - 21:49
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Edgar Allan Poe: Was Mary Rogers his Muse or his Murder Victim?
... is considered a literary genius and one of the fathers of horror literature as well as the inventor of the detective ...
ancient-origins - 08/10/2015 - 00:37
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Does This Explicit Medieval Poem Hold Dark Undertones?
Fragments from a popular sexually explicit medieval French book have been discovered describing what journalists are calling a “hot-encounter" and “X-rated language”, but is this text a much more sinister attack at
ashley cowie - 10/10/2019 - 19:00
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Mysterious Notre Dame Lead Sarcophagus Will be Opened!
... and 13th centuries. As the nation looked on in tears and horror, members of the business and political elite were ...
Sahir - 17/04/2022 - 23:00
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What Happened After the Black Death Ended? (Video)
After the Black Death's devastating toll on Europe, survivors faced daunting challenges. The plague's aftermath brought about a stark transformation. The immediate impact was an economic crisis, with soaring food prices and scarce resources. Burial shrouds became exorbitant, and craftsmen shuttered their workshops.
Robbie Mitchell - 20/09/2023 - 20:56
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From Sumerian Gods to Modern Day: The Long History of Slavery and Lost Children
The recent film Sound of Freedom is a fictionalized account of the true story of Tim Ballard, a former US Department of Homeland Security agent who founded the nonprofit organization Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.). O.U.R. works with law enforcement to rescue children from sex trafficking and sexual exploitation.
beth - 22/09/2023 - 15:00
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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 ...
Robin Whitlock - 02/07/2023 - 19:00
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Werewolf Hunting #101 – In Search of Legends, and Busting Folklore Myths
... what to pack? It may sound like something out of a cheesy horror movie but, as I recounted in my Ancient Origins ...
Charles Christian - 14/07/2016 - 02:20
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Yurei: The Japanese Ghost
... documents and legends against contemporary yurei-based horror films such as The Ring, Davisson explores the ...
ancient-origins - 25/02/2017 - 02:50
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Can Ancient Mathematics Avert Meteor Strikes and the Hopi Prophecy of Fiery Cataclysm?
... the Younger Dryas Meteor Strike, a 12,500-year old horror that changed time and culture across the planet. ...
John Patrick Hill - 11/02/2019 - 17:25
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Caligula: The Mad Emperor of Rome
Explore all of the murder, madness and mayhem in Ancient Rome during the reign of the mad emperor, Caligula.
In this book about Rome’s most infamous emperor, expert author, Stephen Dando-Collins’ chronicles all the palace intrigues and murders that led to Caligula becoming emperor, and details the horrors of his manic reign and the murderous consequences brought about at the hand of his sister Agrippina the Younger, his uncle Claudius and his nephew Nero.
ancient-origins - 24/08/2019 - 16:23
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The Trials and Tribulations of BM 22542 (1889,0731)
Spies have code names, so who was the mysterious BM 22542 (1889,0731), of Egyptian origin, that caused the deaths of many, sabotaged ships including the Titanic and Lusitania and disrupted the London Underground? This is a curious story that first emerged in the early 20th century, continued through the decades – becoming increasingly melodramatic with each retelling – until the late 1930s when the real horrors of World War II pushed it out of the newspapers.
Charles Christian - 18/10/2019 - 17:35
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The Dark Discovery of Mexico's Huge Tower of Human Skulls (Video)
... 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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How a Gruesome Epidemic Threatened the Roman Empire (Video)
Rome, the cultural epicenter of the world in 162 AD, faced an unparalleled crisis as a gruesome epidemic threatened to undermine its very foundation.
Joanna Gillan - 18/04/2023 - 16:57
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Was Dracula Story inspired by Abhartach, the Bloodsucking Chieftain of Ireland?
... written by Bram Stoker, and published in 1897. This Gothic horror novel tells of Count Dracula’s attempt to move from ...
dhwty - 02/05/2015 - 00:22