Geir Gigja was born in Iceland, the land of ice and fire, which in ancient times was believed to be the gate to heaven and hell, the beginning and the end. As a young...
During Medieval times stocks and pillories were employed as forms of punishment, the experience for those confined in them was far from pleasant. Stocks,...
During the Golden Age of Piracy danger was constant. Facing bullets, splinters, and diseases like scurvy, yellow fever, malaria, and smallpox, skilled surgeons...
In a thoughtless and ugly act of desecration, a person or persons cut down one of England’s most celebrated and historically significant trees. Known...
During Medieval times stocks and pillories were employed as forms of punishment, the experience for those confined in them was far from pleasant. Stocks,...
During Medieval times stocks and pillories were employed as forms of punishment, the experience for those confined in them was far from pleasant. Stocks,...
Archaeologists in Shaanxi Province, northwest China, have discovered the tomb of Emperor Xiaomin (birth name Yuwen Jue), the founding emperor of the Northern Zhou...