Evidence of Crucifixions | M.P. Pellicer

In ancient Rome, crucifixion was a painful way to execute criminals and slaves, and to remind the populace the consequences of breaking Roman laws. Rare archaeological evidence has been found through skeletal remains that confirm this type of execution.

Crucifixion did not originate with the Romans. The Assyrians, Phoenicians and Persians practiced this form of execution 1,000 yeas before the birth of Christ. It was introduced into western cultures from the east. Some Greeks used it, mostly the ones who had contact with Phoenicians and Carthaginians. After Alexander the Great died in 323 B.C., crucifixion was used by the Syrians and the Ptolemies who ruled Egypt.

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The Roman Soldier's Grave | M.P. Pellicer

In June 1884, a fire hydrant was being laid before the library of the University of Vienna, and an unexpected discovery was made.

They found a Roman grave that had indications it had been opened before since the bricks on the top were broken.

It was walled up with large bricks bearing the inscription "Legio Decima Gemina" (The Twins' Tenth Legion). It was among the oldest units of the Imperial Roman Army, and one of four legions used by Julius Caesar in 58 BC when he invaded Gaul. There was reference to the legion in Vienna beginning in the 1st century A.D. It's symbol was a bull.

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When the Earth is the Hungriest | M.P. Pellicer

Pachamama Raymi is celebrated on August 1, every year. This festival dates to pre-Hispanic times like the Mayan new year. She is an ancient female deity worshiped by the Mesoamericans and their descendants, even though originally the sun was the main god of the Incas.

Pachamama is made from the Quechua word "pacha" which means space, and mama for mother.

For the Aymara and the Quechua who have lived in northwestern Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru for hundreds of years the date signifies the beginning of the month when the Earth rests. This is the coldest season of the year in the southern hemisphere. This is when the earth is the hungriest.

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THE DEAD MAN TRAPPED INSIDE A MANNEQUIN | M.P. Pellicer

About 150 years ago a French taxidermist named Jules Verreaux created a diorama named Lions Attacking a Dromedary, which portrays a man battling two lions.

Since it was first placed on the display, many have marveled at how realistic the man’s face was, and a discovery made as to what’s really under the plaster made it clear why it appeared so lifelike.

​In 1869, two years after this taxidermy diorama also known as Arab Courier Attacked by Lions was created, it was shipped off to the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

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The Fate of the Legio IX Hispana | M.P. Pellicer

In June, 2023, it was announced that a silver military metal with a Medusa motif, was found in what was once the northern edge of the Roman Empire in Britain. Could it have belonged to an ill-fated member of the 9th Legion?

The snake-covered medal dates back approximately 1,800 years. It was unearthed on June 6, 2023, at the archaeological site Vindolanda. This was the site of a Roman auxiliary fort built about 100 A.D., about 20 years before the construction of Hadrian's Wall.

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The Back Door to Hell | M.P. Pellicer

During the summer of 2023, archaeologists made a strange discovery under a Mexican church that proved a local legend was indeed true.

Before the birth of Christ, first the Zapotec and then the Mixtec people flourished in the valley of Tlacolula, which lay Approximately 300 miles south of Mexico City

They built a city and a temple named Mitla (Nahuatl word Mictlan, which means Place of the Dead). In adoration to their "cult of the dead" they built massive tombs filled with grave goods. It functioned as a cemetery for the Zapotec and Mixtec until the late 15th century, when the site was abandoned most probably due to attacks by the Aztec who sacked it in 1494.

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Adults and Children Sacrificed to Serve in the Afterlife | M.P. Pellicer

In 2021, a mummified man was found in Peru, then a year later the remains of 20 sacrificed victims were discovered around him.

Cajamarquilla is an ancient city on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. The site is considered a pre-Hispanic mud city, which could have housed between 10,000 and 20,000 people in an area of 413 acres. It is here that the mummy of a man, bound in a fetal position was found inside a tomb. His age is estimated to be either in his 20s or 30s. He was dubbed "Chabelo".

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Is There An Ancient City Buried in the Gulf of Mexico? | M.P. Pellicer

Is There An Ancient City Buried in the Gulf of Mexico? | M.P. Pellicer: For over 40 years, George Gelé, a retired architect and amateur archaeologist has visited an area 50 miles east of New Orleans which he believes is where the remnants of an ancient, submerged city can be found.

Off the coast of Chandeleur Islands, which are a chain of uninhabited barrier islands, are granite mounds, which Gelé refers to as“Crecsentis”.

Prior to the end of the last Ice Age, approximately 12, 000 years ago, this area might have been dry land.

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The Fate of the Legio IX Hispana | M.P. Pellicer

The Fate of the Legio IX Hispana | M.P. Pellicer: In June, 2023, it was announced that a silver military metal with a Medusa motif, was found in what was once the northern edge of the Roman Empire in Britain. Could it have belonged to an ill-fated member of the 9th Legion?

The Resting Place | Old West Mystery Story | Podcast

 

An aging archaeologist reaches out beyond time and space in a communion with the spiritual plane that is not impeded by the passage of years. | Narrated by Marlene Pardo Pellicer

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The Scottish Witch | M.P. Pellicer

Lilias Adie lived in the Scottish village of Torryburn in 1704. She was accused of witchcraft, and after enduring torture as part of her interrogation, she admitted she was.

The hunt for a witch was spurred by the accusation of Jean Nelson (also referred to as Jean Bizet) who'd become ill. Lilias Adie (Lilly Addie, Eadie) came under scrutiny when Jean accused the old woman, stating, "beware lest Lilias Adie come upon you and your child."

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Philadelphia Old City's Forgotten Dead | M.P. Pellicer

In February 2017, Philadelphia crews working on an apartment building in the city's historic district got a shock when their backhoes started hitting coffins and unearthing fully intact human remains. The site was supposed to be a former burial ground from 1707, and all remains were supposedly exhumed in the 1800s and moved to a different cemetery, which apparently they weren't.

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Young Women Were Sacrificed in Ancient City of Cahokia | M.P. Pellicer

More than 40 years ago archaeologists discovered a thousand-year-old mass grave site in Illinois. The scene depicts one of the most extravagant acts of violence ever documented in ancient America where a total of 53 skeleton were lined from corner to corner.

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The Great Death Pit at the Ancient City of Ur | M.P. Pellicer

Dating back about 4,600 years, the Great Death Pit at the ancient city of Ur, in modern-day Iraq, contains the remains of 68 women and six men, many of which appear to have been sacrificed.

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Ancient Chinese Cemetery Contains Remains of Human Sacrificial Victims

In northwest China in tombs near Mogou village, archaeologists have found hundreds of graves that contain the remains of victims of human sacrifice. This cemetery dates back more than 4,000 years.

The excavation of the tombs took place between 2009 to 2011. The majority of them are believed to belong to the Qijia culture. Not only were there individual burials, but in some cases entire families were interred with their heads facing northwest.

Adjacent to the remains were small rooms containing pottery, as well as necklaces, bronze sabers, maces, axes daggers and knives.

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The Grave of the Viking Warrior Woman | M.P. Pellicer

Already in the early middle ages, there were narratives about fierce female Vikings fighting alongside men. Although, continuously reoccurring in art as well as in poetry, the women warriors have generally been dismissed as mythological phenomena.

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Mystery of the Middle Ages: The Book of Soyga | M.P. Pellicer

During a time when secular texts were frowned upon by the Church, the mysterious Book of Soyga produced during the Middle Ages has yet to be fully understood. It contains passages on magic and the paranormal that scholars until this day have been unable to translate.

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Egyptian Mummy had a Tattoo of Archangel Michael | M.P. Pellicer

About 1,300 years ago a woman who lived in Egypt and was buried on the bank of the Nile River sought the protection of Saint Michael the Archangel. It was not enough to wear a talisman, instead she tattooed his name on her skin in order to invoke this mighty, angelic warrior.

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The Man With No Tongue | M.P. Pellicer

In 1991, near the village of Stanwick in England, an excavation unearthed burials dating back to the Roman occupation of Britain approximately 1,500 years ago.

One of the most mysterious finds the archaeologists made was a man whose tongue was cut out and a flat rock was placed inside his mouth. The reason for the mutilation is open to interpretation.

He died around 500 A.D., but it was not until 2017, that an in-depth study of the bones was made.

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