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The book of deadly names

Posted on June 22, 2010 | No Comments
Sorcerers who mastered the art of summoning powerful djinn walked the lands of Andalusia and North Africa. One such sorcerer left behind a handwritten manuscript containing forbidden secrets of the most terrible and powerful of all the evil djinn. Something about this particular manuscript was...
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Poilu or Grognard?

Posted on January 24, 2009 | No Comments
Poilu (pronounced /pwaly/ in French) is a warmly informal term for a French World War I infantryman, meaning, literally, hairy one. The term came into popular usage in France during the era of Napoleon Bonaparte and his massive citizen armies, though the term grognard (grumbler)...
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Piri Reis Map

Posted on September 27, 2008 | No Comments
In 1929, a group of historians found an amazing map drawn on a gazelle skin. Research showed that it was a genuine document drawn in 1513 by Piri Reis, a famous admiral of the Turkish fleet in the sixteenth century. His passion was cartography. His...
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Hollow earth

Posted on September 23, 2008 | No Comments
One of the things that has intrigued me most throughout my research is the sheer gullibility of the Victorians. It may be a reflection on our lack of innocence or post modern rationalism – but they used to really believe in the most amazing of...
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