Was the underworld of Ancient Greece and Rome a real place that people could visit?
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Was Ancient Greece’s Underworld A Real Place And Have We Found It? | Talking To The Dead | Odyssey from YouTube
The True Damage of the Turkey/Syria Earthquake (2023)
The True Damage of the Turkey/Syria Earthquake (2023) from YouTube
In the early morning of February 6th, 2023, Turkey was devastated by one of the deadliest earthquakes in the history of the country. Two earthquakes of magni…
In the early morning of February 6th, 2023, Turkey was devastated by one of the deadliest earthquakes in the history of the country. Two earthquakes of magnitudes 7.8 and 7.5 hit the southeastern region, destroying many buildings in multiple cities. Much charity work is taking place to rebuild these cities, but villages are currently left…
UC Berkeley Professor Taught with Suspected Native American Remains — ProPublica
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Despite decades of Indigenous activism and resistance, UC Berkeley has failed to return the remains of thousands of Native Americans to tribes. The university is still discovering more human remains in its collection.
White, a world-renowned expert on human evolution, said the collection was passed down through generations of anthropology professors before he started teaching with it in the late 1970s. It came with no records, he said. Most were not labeled at all or said only “lab.” But that simple description masked a dark history, UC Berkeley…
HALVA Recipe | Mourning Traditions | How Food Helps Us Cope with Loss l 5 Stages of Grief
HALVA Recipe | Mourning Traditions | How Food Helps Us Cope with Loss l 5 Stages of Grief from YouTube
Hello everyone! Three and a half weeks after the earthquake, we are back in our kitchen. Turkiye has faced maybe one of the biggest catastrophes of last century, in which we have officially lost more than 40K country citizen. (Predicted number of total deaths in this event might be above 300K.) We managed the emergency phase by cooking long-lasting nutritious disaster food in Bahcesehir University Gastronomy & Culinary Arts Faculty kitchens together with many beautiful people, missionary chefs.
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kq45sU7Fjg&ab_channel=Refika%27sKitchen[/embed] Many dedicated volunteers worked with us with full effort to help us ease this process for everyone. We, as a team, are aware that there is a long road to take for a relief in its fullest sense but we are going to keep doing what we have to do, what we can do.…
Ukraine war: Funeral held for battleground body collector – BBC News
Ukraine war: Funeral held for battleground body collector (BBC News Article by Andrew Harding in Slovyansk, Ukraine)
Against a backdrop of muffled booms from the frontlines to the south and east, people sank to their knees and threw roses in front of the van as it inched past them.
Denys Sosnenko – a 21-year-old former Ukrainian national kickboxing champion – volunteered last year to work as a body collector for a charitable organisation known as Black Tulip, who scour the frontlines for the abandoned corpses of soldiers, both Ukrainian and Russian.”Denys – there are many angels on your shoulders today – the angels of…
Cao Cao’s Tomb: Ancient Secrets Of The Three Kingdoms | Mysteries Of China | Timeline
Cao Cao’s Tomb: Ancient Secrets Of The Three Kingdoms | Mysteries Of China | Timeline from YouTube
In Anyang, Henan the discovery of an ancient tomb sent shockwaves throughout the archaeological world. Some believed it to be the final resting place of Cao …
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhAhV8kE0P4&ab_channel=Timeline-WorldHistoryDocumentaries[/embed] In Anyang, Henan the discovery of an ancient tomb sent shockwaves throughout the archaeological world. Some believed it to be the final resting place of Cao Cao, one of China’s most divisive characters from the time of the Three Kingdoms. What can this ancient find reveal about one of the most celebrated epochs of…
The Gruesome History of Real Life Vampire Hunting – YouTube
We all know Buffy and Van Helsing, but the true history of real life vampire hunting may be stranger than fiction. From folk medicine exhumations to city-wide vampire hunts to $15,000 “Vampire Defense Kits”, come learn with me about the fears that created real vampires!
The History of the Grim Reaper & the Deities of Death Around the World – YouTube
Today we’re taking a look the origin and history of the Grim Reaper as well as a look at the various deities and spirits of death from around the world.
A symbol of Indigenous genocide: “The Man of the Hole” dies in Brazil
[sc name="voicemasc" ][/sc] An Indigenous man known as “The Man of the Hole” has died in Brazil. He was the last member of his tribe, and the only inhabitant of Tanaru Indigenous Territory in Rondonia state, in the western Brazilian Amazon.The rest of his people had been massacred in a series of attacks from the…
Skull of Mary Magdalene – Magdalene Publishing
The skull of Mary Magdalene rests most of the year in the crypt of the Basilique Sainte Marie Madeleine, a massive Gothic basilica whose construction began in 1295 under Charles II of Anjou, King of Naples, Count of Provence and nephew of St. Louis (King of France). It was on this ground, that Mary Magdalene’s…
The True Damage of the Turkey/Syria Earthquake (2023)

In the early morning of February 6th, 2023, Turkey was devastated by one of the deadliest earthquakes in the history of the country. Two earthquakes of magni…
In the early morning of February 6th, 2023, Turkey was devastated by one of the deadliest earthquakes in the history of the country. Two earthquakes of magnitudes 7.8 and 7.5 hit the southeastern region, destroying many buildings in multiple cities. Much charity work is taking place to rebuild these cities, but villages are currently left…
UC Berkeley Professor Taught with Suspected Native American Remains — ProPublica

Despite decades of Indigenous activism and resistance, UC Berkeley has failed to return the remains of thousands of Native Americans to tribes. The university is still discovering more human remains in its collection.
White, a world-renowned expert on human evolution, said the collection was passed down through generations of anthropology professors before he started teaching with it in the late 1970s. It came with no records, he said. Most were not labeled at all or said only “lab.” But that simple description masked a dark history, UC Berkeley…
HALVA Recipe | Mourning Traditions | How Food Helps Us Cope with Loss l 5 Stages of Grief

Hello everyone! Three and a half weeks after the earthquake, we are back in our kitchen. Turkiye has faced maybe one of the biggest catastrophes of last century, in which we have officially lost more than 40K country citizen. (Predicted number of total deaths in this event might be above 300K.) We managed the emergency phase by cooking long-lasting nutritious disaster food in Bahcesehir University Gastronomy & Culinary Arts Faculty kitchens together with many beautiful people, missionary chefs.
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kq45sU7Fjg&ab_channel=Refika%27sKitchen[/embed] Many dedicated volunteers worked with us with full effort to help us ease this process for everyone. We, as a team, are aware that there is a long road to take for a relief in its fullest sense but we are going to keep doing what we have to do, what we can do.…
Ukraine war: Funeral held for battleground body collector – BBC News

Against a backdrop of muffled booms from the frontlines to the south and east, people sank to their knees and threw roses in front of the van as it inched past them.
Denys Sosnenko – a 21-year-old former Ukrainian national kickboxing champion – volunteered last year to work as a body collector for a charitable organisation known as Black Tulip, who scour the frontlines for the abandoned corpses of soldiers, both Ukrainian and Russian.”Denys – there are many angels on your shoulders today – the angels of…
Cao Cao’s Tomb: Ancient Secrets Of The Three Kingdoms | Mysteries Of China | Timeline

In Anyang, Henan the discovery of an ancient tomb sent shockwaves throughout the archaeological world. Some believed it to be the final resting place of Cao …
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhAhV8kE0P4&ab_channel=Timeline-WorldHistoryDocumentaries[/embed] In Anyang, Henan the discovery of an ancient tomb sent shockwaves throughout the archaeological world. Some believed it to be the final resting place of Cao Cao, one of China’s most divisive characters from the time of the Three Kingdoms. What can this ancient find reveal about one of the most celebrated epochs of…
The Gruesome History of Real Life Vampire Hunting – YouTube
We all know Buffy and Van Helsing, but the true history of real life vampire hunting may be stranger than fiction. From folk medicine exhumations to city-wide vampire hunts to $15,000 “Vampire Defense Kits”, come learn with me about the fears that created real vampires!
The History of the Grim Reaper & the Deities of Death Around the World – YouTube
Today we’re taking a look the origin and history of the Grim Reaper as well as a look at the various deities and spirits of death from around the world.
A symbol of Indigenous genocide: “The Man of the Hole” dies in Brazil

[sc name="voicemasc" ][/sc] An Indigenous man known as “The Man of the Hole” has died in Brazil. He was the last member of his tribe, and the only inhabitant of Tanaru Indigenous Territory in Rondonia state, in the western Brazilian Amazon.The rest of his people had been massacred in a series of attacks from the…
Skull of Mary Magdalene – Magdalene Publishing

The skull of Mary Magdalene rests most of the year in the crypt of the Basilique Sainte Marie Madeleine, a massive Gothic basilica whose construction began in 1295 under Charles II of Anjou, King of Naples, Count of Provence and nephew of St. Louis (King of France). It was on this ground, that Mary Magdalene’s…