Selknam pe Pinterest. The Great Gregorian Calendar Conspiracy | Knowledge Drift; The Science of Human Error. One of the most interesting conspiracy theories of all time got started when Heribert Illig noticed a rather odd discrepancy in the explanation of the Gregorian Calendar. The conspiracy theorists were certain that the Roman Catholic church had faked 300 years of history, and this became known as the Phantom Time Hypothesis. On the surface they had some compelling facts on their side. In the 1500′s, the Roman Catholic church noticed that Easter was occurring later and later in the spring over the centuries.
If something wasn’t done Easter was going to slide right into summer, and eventually the fall. Something had to be done. The problem as it turned out was the Julian calendar. It didn’t calculate leap years very well and was putting more in than was required. So in 1582 Pope Gregory XIII ordered the implementation of the Gregorian Calender. But what set off the conspiracy theorists was the fact that 10 days wasn’t enough. But alas for the conspiracy theorists, Gregory got it right. (11) Thraxus Ares - FALSIFICAREA ISTORIEI NU ESTE SE PARE, DOAR O... Witches of Cornwall. Macabre evidence of age-old spells surfaces in an archaeologist's front yard Archaeologist Jacqui Wood holds a fragment of a cauldron unearthed from a buried spring-fed pool near her home.
This and other artifacts she has found point to a long history of ritual and witchcraft. (Manuel Cohen) Over the centuries, many in the British Isles have appealed to witches in times of need--to cure a toothache, concoct a love potion, or curse a neighbor. Wood's home is in the hamlet of Saveock Water in Cornwall, a county tucked in the far southwest corner of the country. When I visit Saveock Water it is raining, which adds to its unearthly atmosphere. Wood was excited but busy with other projects and left the find undisturbed for a few years. While digging a hole for another project, Wood discovered a late Mesolithic clay platform in her field.
But as Wood and her team excavated the platform over the next few seasons, unusual features began to emerge. More unusual finds came in 2005. Share. Dancing Plague of 1518. Engraving of Hendrik Hondius portrays three women affected by the plague. Work based on original drawing by Peter Brueghel, who supposedly witnessed a subsequent outbreak in 1564 in Flanders The Dancing Plague (or Dance Epidemic) of 1518 was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace (then part of the Holy Roman Empire) in July 1518.
Numerous people took to dancing for days without rest, and, over the period of about one month, some of those affected died of heart attack, stroke, or exhaustion. Events[edit] The outbreak began in July 1518, when a woman, Frau Troffea, began to dance fervently in a street in Strasbourg.[1] This lasted somewhere between four to six days. Within a week, 34 others had joined, and within a month, there were around 400 dancers. See also[edit] References[edit] Further reading[edit] Backman, Eugene Louis (1977) [1952]. External links[edit] "Dancing death" by John Waller. Tanganyika laughter epidemic. The Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962 was an outbreak of mass hysteria – or mass psychogenic illness (MPI) – rumored to have occurred in or near the village of Kashasha on the western coast of Lake Victoria in the modern nation of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika) near the border of Kenya.[1] The laughter epidemic began on January 30, 1962, at a mission-run boarding school for girls in Kashasha.
The laughter started with three girls and spread haphazardly throughout the school, affecting 95 of the 159 pupils, aged 12–18.[2][3] Symptoms lasted from a few hours to 16 days in those affected. The teaching staff were not affected but reported that students were unable to concentrate on their lessons. The school was forced to close down on March 18, 1962.[4] The school from which the epidemic sprang was sued; the children and parents transmitted it to the surrounding area. See also[edit] References[edit] Jump up ^ Jeffries, Stuart (November 21, 2007). External links[edit] Cagot. Cagots were shunned and hated. They were required to live in separate quarters in towns, called cagoteries, which were often on the far outskirts of the villages. Cagots were excluded from all political and social rights. They were only allowed to enter a church by a special door, and during the service a rail separated them from the other worshipers.
Either they were altogether forbidden to partake of the sacrament, or the Eucharist was given to them on the end of a wooden spoon, while a holy water stoup was reserved for their exclusive use. They were compelled to wear a distinctive dress, to which, in some places, was attached the foot of a goose or duck (whence they were sometimes called "Canards"). The Cagots were not an ethnic group, nor a religious group. Origin and etymology[edit] The origins of both the term "Cagots" (and "Agotes", "Capots", "Caqueux", etc.) and the Cagots themselves are uncertain.
The Way of St. Graham Robb finds most of the above theories unlikely: The Biggest Pyramid in the World found in Bosnia. The Bosnian Pyramid Valley In 2005, archaeologist Semir Osmanagich discovered several structures... The Bosnian Pyramid Valley In 2005, archaeologist Semir Osmanagich discovered several structures covered by topsoil and vegetation. An international scholar of worldwide pyramidal structures, he recognized the manufactured angles and coordinates that characterize pyramids on five continents. Subsequent, excavations and scientific testing of artifacts have dated several structures from 12,000 to 34,000 B.C. Intentionally hidden, the covered pyramids were considered to be natural hills.
The Great Bosnian Pyramid, formerly known as Visocica Hill, is the first European pyramid to be discovered and is located in the heart of Bosnia, in the town of Visoko. In the same Valley, four more ancient pyramidal structures were discovered: -The Bosnian Pyramid of the Moon (Bosanska Piramida Mjeseca); And a temple, named: Dr. The Ica Burial Stones of Peru. Ica stones. An Ica stone depicting dinosaurs. The Ica stones are a collection of andesite stones found in Ica Province, Peru that bear a variety of diagrams. Some of them have depictions of dinosaurs and what is alleged to be advanced technology, and these are recognised as modern curiosities or hoaxes. From the 1960s Javier Cabrera Darquea collected and popularized the stones, obtaining many of them from a farmer named Basilio Uschuya. Uschuya, after claiming them to be real ancient artifacts, admitted to creating the carvings he had sold and said he produced a patina by baking the stone in cow dung.
Description[edit] The stones are composed of andesite. They vary in size from 3x2.5x1.5 cm to 40 cm.[1] As a result of weathering, they have developed a thin patina. They are shallowly engraved with a variety of images, some directly incised, others by removing the background leaving the image in relief. Background[edit] Pezzia continued to search. Popularization by Cabrera[edit] Impact[edit] See also[edit]