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Name of person Image Date of death Details Sisera: 1200 or 1235 BC According to Judges 4–5, the commander of the Canaanite army for King Jabin of Hazor was killed in his sleep when the Kenite woman Jael stabbed him in the temple with a tent peg.
Synonym for death Neutral Pop one's clogs [2] To die Humorous, [1] Informal [2] British. "Pop" is English slang for "pawn." A 19th-century working man might tell his family to take his clothes to the pawn shop to pay for his funeral, with his clogs among the most valuable items. Promoted to Glory: Death of a Salvationist: Formal Salvation Army ...
The curious combustion of Mary Reeser. In July 1951, 67-year-old Mary Reeser was found in her St. Petersburg, Florida, apartment. However, only her lower leg and spine were recognizable, as the ...
Since their discovery, they have fascinated archaeologists, scholars and people around the world, making them one of the most mysterious, interesting and controversial discoveries of the modern ...
The occult (from the Latin word occultus "clandestine, hidden, secret") is "knowledge of the hidden". [1] In common usage, occult refers to "knowledge of the paranormal", as opposed to "knowledge of the measurable", [2] usually referred to as science.
A mysterious island with the ability to appear and disappear using tides in Russian mythology. Chinvat Bridge: The sifting bridge, [21] which separates the world of the living from the world of the dead in Zoroastrianism. City of the Caesars: A city between a mountain of gold and another of diamonds supposed to be situated in Patagonia. Cockaigne
Femmes fatales were standard fare in hardboiled crime stories in 1930s pulp fiction.. A femme fatale (/ ˌ f ɛ m f ə ˈ t æ l,-ˈ t ɑː l / FEM fə-TA(H)L, French: [fam fatal]; lit. ' fatal woman '), sometimes called a maneater, [1] Mata Hari, or vamp, is a stock character of a mysterious, beautiful, and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising ...