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... something was not right, a strange premonition of oncoming horror, followed by the onset of violent headache , flu-like ...
ancient origins - 13/01/2019 - 22:58
... secrets. As if coming straight from a turn of the century horror movie, the mysterious and slightly frightening ...
Aleksa Vučković - 10/07/2019 - 19:08
... History Channel drama ‘ Vikings ' as well as the 2019 horror film ' Midsommar ', so the question of if it was ...
ashley cowie - 23/12/2021 - 13:59
... , which has since become one of the classics of the Gothic horror genre. Despite the fact that Dracula is a fictional ...
dhwty - 17/07/2020 - 22:01
Will-o’-the-Wisps, also called “ignis fatuus,” Latin for “foolish fire”, are enchanting balls of greenish-blue floating lights observed over swamps and marshes at night. At a distance, they look identical to flickering lanterns. All over the world, since ancient times, people have struggled to rationalize with the origins of these mystery lights; thus, legends and myths appear in almost every ancient culture surrounding Will-o’-the-Wisps.
ashley cowie - 08/02/2018 - 18:56
... powder, deafening booms of cannon fire echoing, and the horror of watching men dying agonizing deaths on deck with ...
micki pistorius - 27/04/2019 - 00:37
... in inter-personal civility. We collectively gasp in horror at the sight of medieval torture devices like the ...
Meagan Dickerson - 15/10/2021 - 18:47
In August 2015, an astounding discovery was made in the heart of London that sent shockwaves through the archaeological and historical communities.
Robbie Mitchell - 26/05/2023 - 20:52
... Measurements, two words guaranteed to produce a shudder of horror in all school children. Nobody fully understands the ...
ralph ellis - 16/07/2014 - 15:31
... to Satanists or fictional characters in fantasy novels or horror films. However, it was a part of mysterious rites ...
Natalia Klimczak - 13/06/2016 - 00:37
... . . . the deeper wonder of the conquest and the deeper horror of its results” (Washington Post). “The bible for ...
ancient-origins - 23/11/2019 - 01:17
... the innocent woman of witchcraft, later to discover to her horror how 17th-century churchmen dealt with witches. In the ...
ashley cowie - 27/04/2020 - 20:49
... spring, Over the fresh earth, and the heaven of noon, A horror of great darkness. Men prayed, and women wept; all ...
aprilholloway - 16/09/2015 - 03:33
... carried more distinct roles reflecting freedom, charm, horror, and duty. Athena embodied a powerful and free woman ...
B. B. Wagner - 15/02/2020 - 18:01
... 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
When those unfortunate moments occur in life that require medical assistance, one should be thankful to be alive today and not even as far back as the last decade. Common ailments like halitosis may be treated with a fluorine based antibacterial toothpaste, but in historical times elephant bile was a great remedy. For less common conditions such as genital ulcers, the bile of a pythons might have been prescribed, and while modern medics treat warts with acids and lasers, in the ancient world snail slime was applied.
ashley cowie - 21/09/2021 - 17:41
In 1961, the Rio Ica burst its banks and flooded parts of the Ocucaje Desert. Was an earthquake responsible for the flood? When the water had retreated, the local farmers inspected the damage. Their meager fields were completely devastated. Where they had been able to farm crops, the thin layer of fertile soil had been washed away entirely.
WalterJoergLangbein - 16/02/2022 - 00:54
... any other could have aroused their curiosity, interest and horror. Seated on a special throne, covered with a red cloth, ...
Roberto Volterri - 03/06/2019 - 18:13
In the Middle Ages being dead wasn’t a guarantee you would rest in peace. Researchers have found hundreds of examples of people re-opening graves in cemeteries from Transylvania to southern England in the 5th – 7th centuries AD.
Alicia McDermott - 18/06/2021 - 00:15