Aztec Period: c. AD 1300 to 1521 The Aztec culture is characterised by contradictions, featuring fearless warriors...
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And the two cases that prove it’s not just a phobia For centuries, people trusted their eyes...
It seems every culture has similar ideas about death, and one of the main threads that pulls...
George MacKenzie’s tomb in Greyfriars Kirkyard has injured over 500 people since 1999 – and the violence...
Who is Margaret Pole, and what had she done that was so terrible to warrant a beating...
The documented horror of England’s most infamous execution, where a 35-year-old queen knelt on blood-soaked straw and...
Mention bog bodies and most people think of Tollund Man, that peaceful face with its faint, almost...
12th–18th centuries This is not a legend, it’s a true story. It began with a flicker, a...
They powdered their wigs with flour, brushed with pee, and called it class. The 9 worst hygiene...
Showmen, conmen, technicians of torture and men simply looking for work sent hundreds of witches to their...