Unholy, Unclean & Unappetizing History

12/04/2023

https://www.visiblebody.com/blog/3-real-diseases-that-influenced-vampire-folklore

Many of the traits and superstitions we associate with vampires come from actual diseases, as well as the biological process of co**se decomposition. Today, we’ll talk about three of these diseases—rabies, porphyria, and tuberculosis—and how they’ve shaped specific aspects of vampire legends...

12/04/2023

https://historycollection.com/10-gruesome-and-gory-archaeological-finds/

Archaeologists expect to dig up pot shards and building foundations, and even the occasional skeleton. In some cases, what they find exceeds any expectation of an every-once-in-a-while skeleton. In these digs, the remains may be far more than anyone expected and may yield stories of lives that ended...

19/10/2021

Attila (c. 406-453), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Hunnic Empire from 434 to 453. Considered one of the greatest...

17/10/2021

Written as Islam swept across the Iberian Peninsula, the Silos Apocalypse, a 10th-century illuminated manuscript, depicts biblical visions of the end of the world.

16/10/2021

  In 227 BCE, King Antigonus III ascended to the throne of Macedonia. He spent the first years of his reign mainly defending his borders, but King Antigonus soon obtained an incredible offer f…

12/10/2021

Today in 1915... British nurse Edith Cavell was executed by a German firing squad during World War I. She treated soldiers from both sides of the conflict without discrimination and helped around 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium, for which she was arrested. She was also accused of spying, found guilty by a court-martial and sentenced to death. Her ex*****on received worldwide condemnation.

06/08/2021

After the fires burned themselves out, Hiroshima was unrecognizable. What happened next?

05/08/2021

Beginning in 5300 BC, a Linearbandkeramik or Linear Pottery culture (LBK) developed in the region of Herxheim in southwest Germany, one that could be described as an idyllic Stone Age settlement.

31/07/2021

Throughout history, hooded figures have swung the axe and tightened the rope on criminals. Who were these merchants of death?

30/07/2021

The incident has since been described as the single largest human tragedy in Dutch maritime history and in the history of slave trade.

30/07/2021

The ancient Maya created a system of timekeeping based on astronomy that’s still used today.

27/07/2021

Discover how the co**se of Vladimir Lenin has been kept in astoundingly excellent condition since 1924 in Moscow's Red Square.

25/07/2021

Some suspect that a murderess who was executed two years after the Ripper slayings may have been the infamous serial killer.

25/07/2021

Now, archaeologists plan to make a more comprehensive survey of the area in hopes of unearthing other treasures.

13/07/2021

Going to the bathroom in the medieval period was both a horrifying and hilarious ordeal. The average castle usually featured a chamber with an open chute that was hung over the side of the fortress so that the user could empty themselves without ever leaving the palace. Efficient though that seemed, that meant human excrement was left to pile under the privy chamber — until an unfortunate worker was tasked with spreading it, oftentimes around the castle, into a foul moat of poo.

Learn more about the trials and tribulations of using the toilet in the Middle Ages: https://bit.ly/3hDD3St

13/07/2021

Wang Wenshu was a prominent government official who filled various high-ranking law enforcement roles in the late 2nd century BCE. He served Emperor Wu (r. 141-87 BCE), who deployed the official on…

13/07/2021

The story of the Crusades is often told as one of a clash of religious civilizations over the Holy Land. However, a new study of the remains of crusaders

08/07/2021

Truth be told, there are some places and even entire cities that are simply unimaginable without the presence of cats. Take Istanbul, where cats make up

06/07/2021

Eleanor of Aquitaine is remembered as the determined and powerful wife of Henry II. Yet she had such a command of England after Henry’s death...

04/07/2021

This article is an edited transcript of Tom Holland on Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar, available on History Hit TV. Dan sits down...

04/07/2021

Picture people 5,650 years ago gorging on huge amounts of beef, smashing large decorated bowls that may have held broth or other liquids and possibly smashing human skulls.

04/07/2021

This article is an edited transcript of The Battle of Waterloo with Peter Snow available on History Hit TV. Dan Snow's History Hit is revisiting its...

03/07/2021

The excavation began after the bones were spotted by eagle-eyed members of the public.

02/07/2021

Poor Anna was sitting at the home of her brother the Duke of Cleves, minding her own business when who do you think came calling? King Henry VIII of England. He sent his trusted and favorite court …

28/06/2021