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Unlocking centuries-old mysteries, Gothic Boxwood Miniature Prayer Beads have long baffled experts with their intricate scenes delicately carved into walnut-sized spheres during the 1400s and 1500s. Read more Section: Artifacts Other Artifacts News History Ancient Traditions Read Later Source
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The Intricate Carvings of Gothic Boxwood Miniature Prayer Beads (Video)
September 16th, 2023 
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No Comments »American gothic novelist Anne Rice dies aged 80
December 13th, 2021 Awake Goy American gothic novelist Anne Rice has passed away at the age of 80. Her son Christopher Rice wrote in a social media post that she had died due to complications from a stroke. “In her final hours I sat beside her hospital bed in awe of her accomplishments and her courage,” Rice wrote. Anne Rice […]
Renaissance-Gothic Corvin Castle: One of the Seven Wonders of Romania
October 22nd, 2021 Awake Goy Corvin Castle is a castle in Hnedoara, a city in Transylvania, Romania. The castle dates to the 15th century and was built in the Renaissance-Gothic style. The builder of Corvin Castle was John Hunyadi, best remembered for his defense of Christendom against the Ottomans. After Hunyadi’s death, Corvin Castle fell into ruin. It was only […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: castle, corvin, gothic, renaissance, Romania, seven, wonders No Comments »Gothic Warrior Found Buried With a Folded Sword in Macedonian Basilica
April 24th, 2021 Awake Goy Greece’s second largest city, Thessaloniki, capital of Macedonia, has been the subject of intense archaeological discovery especially in the last decade. In 2010, Thessaloniki’s three-aisled Basilica cemetery was discovered, but as it turns out, not entirely. As part of the ongoing Metro project work at “the Fountain” at Thessaloniki’s Syntrivani station, a lot of hidden […]
Discover the unique gothic churches of Romania’s remote Maramureș region
September 17th, 2020 Awake Goy These villages may look like they belong in fairy tales but they’re real-life places. Romania’s remote northwestern region of Maramureș has a unique architectural style, where tall, tower-like wooden churches with shingled roofs dot the landscape. Incredibly, some of them are 400 years old. Several of these churches, built using local oak, are on the […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: churches, discover, gothic, maramure, remote, Romania, unique No Comments »Paris Survivor Opens Up With What She Heard While Playing Dead
November 17th, 2015 Awake Goy In the days after the horrific massacre in Paris, stories have begun to emerge from the survivors of that terrible night. Their stories are stories of the goodness of other human beings on a night that knew nothing but death, their stories are a testament to us that when the wicked force us to face […]
