Julianna
Hollywood shows crucifixion as a neat tableau of outstretched arms and tidy nails through the palms, but...
Grizzly Bits
For readers who enjoy the broader archaeological context, I’ve written a short companion piece on Substack about...
And the two cases that prove it’s not just a phobia For centuries, people trusted their eyes...
12th–18th centuries This is not a legend, it’s a true story. It began with a flicker, a...
Showmen, conmen, technicians of torture and men simply looking for work sent hundreds of witches to their...
The red-and-white spiral outside the barbershop looks innocent enough. But in the Middle Ages, it meant something...
Discover the ancient Tzompantli skull rack of Tenochtitlan, where thousands of human heads were displayed as sacred...
Did the Victorians know the future? Long before YouTube unboxings and social media “reveals,” there was another...
Inca Empire, Peru, AD 1400–1500 No anaesthetic. No antibiotics. And it bloody worked. Inca medicine was a...
The Pressing of Margaret Clitherow, York, 1586 Witnesses reported hearing her ribs crack—audibly, like green wood splitting....
