Mummification

by Alix Wood

Published 1 January 2013
Explains the customs of mummification in Egypt.

Dueling

by Alix Wood

Published 1 January 2013

Witch Trials

by Alix Wood

Published 1 January 2013
From a modern perspective, it seems incredible that people were once executed for practicing witchcraft. Yet, in medieval Europe and colonial America, more than 12,000 lost their lives this way. The proof of witchery was often as scanty as a physical deformity or as outrageous as the water test: If the tied-up suspect floated in water, they were guilty; if they sunk, they were innocent!