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Archaeologists In Turkey Say They've Discovered Dracula's Dungeon

  • 15-10-2014 5:31pm
    #1
    pwarren
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    Anyone see this? Can't say I would want to go inside this one.


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  • #2
    Poor Uncle Tom
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    Fortuitous timing, ;)


  • #3
    tac foley
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    pwarren wrote: »
    Anyone see this? Can't say I would want to go inside this one.

    At the age of thirteen, Vlad Dracul and his younger brother Radu were held as political hostages by the Ottoman Turks. During his years as hostage, Vlad was educated in logic, the Koran, and the Turkish language and works of literature.

    They were, by all accounts, exceedingly well-treated by their keepers. Radu was a court favourite of the sultan, and later converted to islam and fight his older brother in Wallachia.

    The word dungeon summons up images of dripping subterranean caverns full of stinking straw, bones in the corners, and rats to play with. This was certainly not the case for the two brothers.

    Link, please.

    tac


  • #4
    pueblo
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    OP the thread title is a little misleading :D

    ..a more accurate title might be as per this article..??

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-think-theyve-found-dungeon-where-dracula-was-kept-180952913/?no-ist

    Archaeologists Think They’ve Found the Dungeon Where Dracula Was Kept

    Vlad the Impaler was likely held captive in Turkey's Tokat Castle


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