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Believe it or not, but it appears that the ruthless 15th century King Louis XI of France, nicknamed the Spider King or l'universelle araignée, took pleasure in the torture of animals. One particular story tells of a pig organ, a.k.a. a hog harmonium, piganino, pigano, or even the porko forte, which created music using the squeals of a selection of carefully chosen pigs.
Cecilia Bogaard - 06/07/2022 - 01:54
... by the Pope. He consolidated his family’s rule in Austria and laid the foundations for the Hapsburg domination ... Frederick III in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, Austria. Source: JoJan / CC BY-SA 3.0 . By Ed Whelan Micro ...
Ed Whelan - 19/11/2019 - 01:59
... heroically fending off the armored knights of Leopold I of Austria with nothing but pikes. Going against all the odds, ... from 1438-1740) distracted by their eastern conquests into Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia , the Swiss Confederacy ...
Jake Leigh-Howarth - 02/06/2022 - 22:59
... . Late Bronze Age feeding bottles from Vösendorf, Austria (Enver-Hirsch/ Wien Museum ) This appears to solve ...
Ed Whelan - 26/09/2019 - 14:15
A dramatic passage detailing a Gothic invasion of the Roman Empire in an ancient text that had been lost to history has been found and translated into English. Fragments of the ancient historian Dexippus’ third-century account of the Gothic invasion was copied in an 11th century manuscript that was in the Austrian National Library.
Mark Miller - 20/03/2016 - 00:06
... or mask of shame, in the Fortress Museum, Salzburg, Austria ( Public Domain ) Various Designs for Different ...
dhwty - 28/01/2017 - 13:54
... goddess of victory, on Austrian Parliament roof in Vienna, Austria ( neurobite / Adobe Stock) By Robbie Mitchell ...
Robbie Mitchell - 11/10/2022 - 14:47
The coronavirus is concentrating our minds on the fragility of human existence in the face of a deadly disease. Words like ‘epidemic’ and ‘pandemic’ (and ‘panic’!) have become part of our daily discourse. But if we look back through history, many similarities can be drawn. Let’s take the Plague of Athens for example, what lessons can we learn?
ancient-origins - 22/03/2020 - 22:03
... of Nature), a natural history collection in Salzburg, Austria. ( CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 ) [Bottom] P.T. Barnums Feejee ...
Caleb Strom - 12/06/2017 - 19:00
... Another example of a Roman military diploma from 80 AD, in Austria’s Carnuntum Museum collection. (MatthiasKabel / CC ...
Sahir - 04/01/2022 - 18:00
... necessary. The Venus of Willendorf, statuette found in Austria, thought to have been made between 28,000 and 25,000 ...
Riley Winters - 13/08/2023 - 22:58
... a Roman school of gladiators on the banks of the Danube in Austria and used sophisticated 3D reconstruction techniques ... the ancient structures. However, a research team from Austria, Belgium and Germany used the latest non-invasive ...
Mark Miller - 07/06/2015 - 03:51
... for Archaeological Science , University of Vienna , Austria, Norsk Institutt for Kulturminneforskning , Oslo, ... Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology , Wien, Austria. This study found the cemetery area and the third ...
ashley cowie - 19/02/2020 - 15:17
A family treasure likely hidden during a bloody 17th century uprising of Bulgarian Catholics against the Ottoman Empire has been uncovered in the city of Montana.
Mark Miller - 08/04/2016 - 00:44
On a visit to Krakow there are some remarkable earthworks to behold. Of the four that exist, two are fairly modern, being built in the 19th and 20th centuries. The other two have much more age to them, but as yet there is no agreement as to what this might be. Arguments range from 500 BC to the Middle Ages. The mystery of the origins of the Krakus Mound and what might be its purpose abound.
Ingvar nord - 04/03/2018 - 22:56
... this skull in March 2011 from an antique shop in Vienna, Austria. Showed it to several experts and organizations, such ...
Kerry Sullivan - 15/03/2017 - 17:53
... his times. Casimir IV of Poland and his wife Elizabeth of Austria meeting Saint John of Capistrano. ( Public Domain ) ...
Natalia Klimczak - 15/04/2016 - 14:52
In 1578, the Roman catacombs near Via Salaria were discovered by curious vineyard workers and later fully uncovered by archeologists, revealing a vast unearthly spectacle. Between 500,000 and 750,000 skeletons gaped ghostly up at them, the ancient remains of people believed to have lived in the centuries shortly after the time of Christ - during which thousands were killed, many of whom were considered to be martyrs of the faith.
Kristen C - 03/08/2016 - 00:58
... Salacia at a fountain near the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria. (neurobite / Adobe Stock ) For the Romans, ...
dhwty - 04/11/2020 - 21:55
... 5,300-Year-Old Ötzi the Iceman Has 19 Living Relatives In Austria Ötzi the Iceman Becomes a Movie Also available in ...
Sahir - 21/11/2021 - 21:57