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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... treasure of some sort rather than incarcerated hapless prisoners. A very interesting biblical reference to dungeons of this type can be found in Jeremiah 38, where there is a detailed account of how the prophet is not only lowered into ...
... treasure, emergency escape routes for notable historical fugitives, clandestine routes for the romantic rendezvous of nuns and monks, ghosts and paranormal phenomena. Most academic historians and archaeologists, however, prefer the more ...
... treasure are the strange stories of an eldritch prehuman civilization concealed inside the Earth itself: the Hollow Earth Theory, in fact. There are a great many folktales in Asia — particularly in the region of the Karakoram Pass ...
... treasure? Templar historians focus on the various Templar connections with Rennes and ask if Saunière found treasure that the local Templars had hidden from the rapacious Philip IV when he attacked their noble Order in 1307. Enthusiasts ...
... treasures) in cunningly constructed waterproof tombs below the beds of rivers. The faithful followers in the burial party ... treasure of the Cathars — many of whom died at Montségur, not far from Rennes, in 1244. Four of their fearless ...