The World's Most Mysterious CastlesDundurn, 16.10.2005 г. - 304 страници Castles are among the most mysterious buildings on earth. Their grimly silent stones are signposts to a past filled with high adventure, grim tragedies, and glorious victories. Ghosts, hauntings, and other paranormal phenomena are frequently reported from castles. Do strange paranormal powers lurk among their ancient ruins? The World's Most Mysterious Castles takes you on a journey through hidden chambers and subterranean tunnels of castles all over the world. Their walls served the sinister needs of spies, traitors, and assassins. Do the spirits of attackers and defenders who died in long-forgotten sieges still linger where they fell? Screams of unbearable pain and despair were muffled within their deepest, darkest torture dungeons. Do they echo there still? |
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... chamber. Its floor opened, and the individuals plunged to the floor below, into a room from which there was no escape; their cries unheeded, they were left to starve to death. Small wonder, then, that the ghosts of tormented souls are ...
... chambers were added. Secret passages provided escape routes in emergencies or a means by which a small party of determined defenders could sneak out silently and get into the besieger's camp to wreak havoc under cover of darkness. Many ...
... chamber or a corpse has ever been found inside it) to a religious site, from a vast sundial or shadow calendar to a hill-fortress. It remains an enigma. Silbury Hill near Avebury. Not far from Silbury Hill lie 18 THE WORLD'S MOST ...
... chambers served innocent enough purposes. They were intended for storage, for hiding places of last resort if enemies captured the castle, and for emergency escape tunnels. Tragically, many of them served savage and sinister purposes ...
... chambers. These were lit by the flickering flames of threatening fires, where branding irons glowed and molten lead was prepared. The torturers' instruments that filled these dungeons were designed to inflict maximum pain without ...