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  1. What was Sweating Sickness, the Mysterious Tudor Plague of Wolf Hall?

    ... 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

  2. A Beauty in Darkness: The Hidden Secrets of the Catacomb Saints

    ... 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

  3. Brutal Viking Blood Eagle Execution ‘Could’ Have Happened

    ... 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

  4. Terror of Wallachia: The Reign of Vlad the Impaler (Video)

    The name "Dracula" immediately brings to mind images of a bloodthirsty vampire, but the true story of the man behind the myth is just as chilling.

    Robbie Mitchell - 07/05/2023 - 20:53

  5. Vlad the Impaler: The Real Count Dracula?

    ... , 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

  6. In the Spirit of Science: Casting Light on the Enchanting Will-o’-the-Wisp

    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

  7. The Age of Sail Recaptured: Model Maritime History in Mauritius

    ... 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

  8. War and Peace in Pre-Modern Europe: Have We Really Bypassed Brutality?

    ... 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

  9. Grim Discovery: Uncovering London's Plague Burial Ground (Video)

    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

  10. Imperial Measures and the Pyramids

    ... 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

  11. Deities or Vampires? Hecate and other Blood-Drinking Spirits of Ancient Times

    ... 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

  12. The Conquest of the Incas

    ... . . . 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

  13. History Repeats Itself On The Television Screen

    ... 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

  14. Unravelling the Mystery of New England’s Day of Darkness

    ... 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

  15. What Was Life Really Like for an Ancient Greek Woman?

    ... 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

  16. The Book of Giants: The Watchers, Nephilim, and The Book of Enoch

    ... 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

  17. Nature’s Medicine Cabinet: Ancient Medicines, Remedies and Tinctures That Worked

    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

  18. Library in Stone: The Ica Stones of Professor Cabrera – Part I

    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

  19. Synodus Horrenda: The Macabre Trial of the Corpse of Pope Formoso

    ... 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

  20. Medieval People Were Reopening Graves, But Not to Rob Them

    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

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