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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... possible against marauders and even hostile armies. Equally, at least in the so-called developed world, we have had to make fortresses of our homes. We have learnt how best to protect them with burglar alarms, security lights, double ...
... possible solution turned up in 1998 in a Portuguese cave dwelling in the Lapedo Valley, less than 160 kilometres north of Lisbon. The twenty-five-thousand-year-old remains of a four-year-old boy were discovered there and analyzed: it ...
... possible, first, that the Hertford Templar tunnels existed at one time — and may still be there — and, second, that they may contain important religious relics of one kind or another. It is 40 THE WORLD'S MOST MYSTERIOUS CASTLES.
... possible that the secret passages beneath the castle — always assuming that they really existed — might also have provided escape opportunities for the imprisoned Templars? There are even more mysterious tunnels and secret chambers ...
... possible to go through them and emerge in different countries. There is also widespread belief in an ancient subterranean kingdom of underground people. They are credited with being as good and as wise as the legendary Atlanteans. The ...