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The legend of Veronica’s veil is not based on Scripture, but he story of a passerby offering kindness to Jesus on his way to Calvary may be based in some fact

Acheiropoieta are icons believed to have been miraculously created by supernatural means or by divine intervention, without the use of human hands.

Old English Scholarship in the Seventeenth Century by Rebecca Brackmann is now available from the Medievalism series.

William the Conqueror died unloved and immensely obese. His body swelled as it lay neglected for days, causing the most grotesque funeral scene ever.

Hypatia of Alexandria was a philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer who lived in the man’s world of 4th century Alexandria. She is the first female mathematician to be written of and achieved the position of head of the respected Platonist school. But her tragic death was brutal.

Last modified on Tue 9 Mar 2021 08.55 EST Tyne and Wear For millions of readers around the world, the image of the country between the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear was woven by Catherine Cookson, the region’s most prolific and popular author. Cookson’s was a landscape of collieries, shipyards, rumbling coal trains, sooty-faced kids and the instantly nostalgic tones of pithead silver bands playing Haydn. While fragments of her world remain – mainly in the doughty cheerfulness of the ...

Old English was the language, spoken in what we today call England, roughly between 450 and 1100. In 449 king Vortigern called foreign mercenaries - the best known being Hengist (also pronounced "Hengest") and Horsa - onto the island to help him fight invaders from Northern Britain. Inviting these Jutes onto the island wasnt such a good idea after all. Vortigerns actions paved the way for an invasion by the Saxons, the Jutes and the Angles, all of which came from the German mainland. Factor...

10 Strange And Fascinating Funerals Of Famous People All of us are destined to die—a somber reality, to be certain, but one best openly accepted. Depending on your religion, your budget, or your popularity, your funeral may be elaborate or simple. Most, however, run along the same lines—a few tears shed and a bit of ceremony. For those who were larger than life when they were breathing, though, death can be just as bizarre and magnificent. 10 Tupac Shakur Tupac Shakur was one of the most f...