The World's Most Mysterious CastlesDundurn, 16. okt. 2005 - 304 sider 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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... Stone Age Earthworks to Bombproof Bunkers 29 CHAPTER TWO : Dungeons , Darkness , and Secret Passages 45 CHAPTER THREE : The Ruined Château of Rennes 59 CHAPTER FOUR : Fortresses in Canada 73 CHAPTER FIVE : The Alamo and Other ...
... stones , its entrance protected by an almost impregnable drawbridge , the area around circled by a deep moat . Castle designers made them as indestructible as possible against marauders and even hostile armies . Equally , at least in ...
... as John Bunyan would readily have agreed after writing The Holy War , the defence of the castle in the mind is our first priority . Chapter 1 An Outline History of Fortifications from Stone Age 14 THE WORLD'S MOST MYSTERIOUS CASTLES |
... Stone Age Earthworks to Bombproof Bunkers THE FIRST NEANDERTHAL humanoids may have dated from two hundred thousand years ago — perhaps more . They had powerful bodies , heavy jaws , and prominent eyebrow ridges . Traces of them have ...
... stone tools and implements. One group after another appeared and then gradually faded out again, leaving behind the mystery of where they had gone and why. One possible solution turned up in 1998 in a Portuguese cave dwelling in the ...