This site is created and run by an Archaeologist and Psychologist – Exploring the dark roots of ancient ritual, myth, and mind.
Category: Immersive
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circa 1450 BCE What happens when the body is preserved but consciousness remains? I can’t move. Not slowly. Not gradually. The paralysis is total and immediate, like someone flipped a switch between my brain and my body. I’m lying on stone. Cold stone. And I’m trapped inside my own skin. My throat closes. The chanting…
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They promised you glory and freedom. What they gave you was a slow descent into hell. The smell hits you first. Blood. Sweat. Rot. Human waste. It’s so thick you can almost taste it on your tongue. You gag. Your stomach lurches. Nobody tells you about the smell. The recruitment speeches, the lanista’s promises of…