There is no evidence that the legendary Hanging Gardens of Babylon existed anywhere in Babylon. So where they, and how did historians get it so wrong?
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The Samnites built up Pietrabbondante with temples, a theater, and cult structures. After the Romans conquered them, they abandoned the sanctuary for good.
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The Catacombs of San Gennaro sacred burial complex dates back to the 2nd-century CE and contains thousands of tombs with amazing frescos and old mosaics.
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A monumental discovery of a painted tomb, T.9890, in Pontecagnano, Italy, occurred in 2017. It contained three bodies and dates to the third century BCE.
by Kimberly Lin
Well-documented but not well-understood, the phenomenon of mass hysteria goes back for generations. Lets look at a few bizarre instances of the phenomenon.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1901. A hundred years later, he was accused of murdering the true originator of the story.
by Les Hewitt
The West has the Grim Reaper, and the Chinese have Heibai Wuchang who escort spirits of the dead to hell, give wealth to the good, and punish the wicked.
by Nicholas Yap
H.H. Holmes planned all of his murders. He even equipped his “Castle” with gas chambers, trap doors, a crematorium, and hidden shafts to torture and kill.
by Les Hewitt
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Well-documented but not well-understood, the phenomenon of mass hysteria goes back for generations. Lets look at a few bizarre instances of the phenomenon.
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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon Were Never in Babylon at All?
by Kimberly Linby Kimberly LinThere is no evidence that the legendary Hanging Gardens of Babylon existed anywhere in Babylon. So where they, and how did historians get it so wrong?
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