Hashshashin, Skilled Assassin of the Secret Muslim Sects of Persia and Syria

An Italian crusader, Condrad of Montferrat, was preparing for his coronation as king of Jerusalem at Tire in April 1192. While walking along the narrow streets of the city, he was attacked by two men disguised as monks. The two men brought him to death.

Although historians still speculate as to who ordered the attack, there is no doubt as to the identity of the killers.

They were not monks, but members of a secret Muslim sect located in the mountains of Persia and Syria.

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These agents specialize in targeted assassination and espionage - infiltrating enemy lines as they are about to attack them. They often wielded knives and were willing to die for missions.

They were known as Hashashins or better known by the European crusaders as assassins.

In National Geographic it says, perhaps the first European to know about hashashin was a Spanish rabbi, Benjamin of Tudela, who traveled through Syria in 1167.

He tells about a mysterious leader, Old Man Mountain, who leads a sect of warriors who live in the fort's hidden mountain.

In 1092 the Assassins carried out an important assassination: the vizier Nizam al-Mulk, a strong member of the Seljuk Sultanate.

Records say that a hashashin disguised himself as a Sufi mystic and stabbed him. Shortly thereafter, the Seljuk sultan, Malik Shah, was also killed.

Historians believe that this sultan's murder was probably carried out by another sect. Despite this, the assassination had a domino effect, and the Seljuks went into chaos.

A series of hashashin attacks were followed by rulers, generals, governors and scholars. Hashashins seem to be everywhere.

Their enemies began to take extra measures to protect themselves: employing bodyguards and wearing chain letters under their clothes.

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Researchers Reveal the Cause of Death of a 3,100 Year-Old 'Screaming Mummy'

A mummy from 3,000 years ago was found with an expression of pain. This also raises several questions for researchers. Now, after some speculation, the latest research from radiologists and archaeologists at Cairo University suggests that the cause of death may have been a painful heart attack.

Reporting from IFL Science, the latest CT scan results revealed that the woman's mummy was suffering from severe atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries. It is a disease in which the heart's blood vessels are disrupted by plaque and eventually become blocked.

In addition, it is known that atherosclerosis is present in the neck arteries, abdominal aorta and lower leg arteries.

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Although it is not certain whether this mummy actually died from a heart attack, researchers believe he had a heart problem.

In her study, Dr Zahi Hawass, a well-known Egyptian historian, explained that the woman probably died of a heart attack and was trapped in an open mouth position due to rigor mortis (stiffness that occurs in the muscles of a person who is going to or has died).

"We suspect that the body of the 'screaming female mummy' was not found until several hours later, enough time to create rigor mortis," explained Dr Hawass.

"Even the embalmers could not seem to close their mouths and lay down the female corpse like the other mummies, thus preserving facial expressions and posture according to death," he added.

Today, atherosclerosis is usually associated with an unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, and smoking habits. However, in ancient Egypt conditions were somewhat different.

A 2014 study stated that ancient mummies exhibited atherosclerosis due to inflammation from microbes and parasites, as well as from smoke inhalation.

The 3,100-year-old mummy was first discovered in the southern city of Luxor in 1881. Its identity remains unclear. Egyptian inscriptions on mummified linen describe her as "Royal princess, sister of Meret Amon."

However, there are many princesses who have this name and very little evidence to reveal identity. Currently, the research team is conducting DNA analysis of the "screaming female mummy" in hopes of confirming who she is.


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Study: Crocodile Tears Are Similar to Those of Humans

Most of us think that tears are a complex phenomenon of human emotion. However, all vertebrates, even reptiles and birds, share the same tears.

A new study, published this week in the journal Frontiers in Veterinary Science, reveals that animal tears are not that different from ours.

In fact, the chemical similarities are so great that the tear composition of other species - and how they adapt to their environment - can provide insight into better treatments for human eye disease.

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Previously, scientists had only studied the tears of a handful of mammals, including humans, dogs, horses, camels and monkeys.

However, in the latest study, Brazilian veterinarians analyzed the tears of reptiles and birds for the first time, focusing on seven species: barn owl; blue-yellow macaw; roadside hawk; wide muzzle caiman; and loggerhead, hawksbill and green turtles.

Tears, which are secreted from the tear ducts (in humans and some other mammals) or other similar glands, form a layer over the eye that is made up of three ingredients: mucus, water, and oil.

Mucus coats the surface of the eye and helps bind a thin layer on the eye, water is a natural saline solution containing essential proteins and minerals, and oil prevents dry eyes.

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Humans are the only species known to produce emotional tears; the phrase "crocodile tears", which refers to a person's display of false emotions, stems from the mysterious tendency of crocodiles to shed tears while they eat.

Even so, tears played a key role besides crying, notes Lionel Sebbag on the National Geographic page. They aid vision by lubricating the eyes and cleaning them of dirt. They also protect the eye from infection and nourish the cornea, the clear outer layer of the eye, which lacks blood vessels, he said.

"What an interesting look at such a diverse species diversity," Sebbag said of the new study.


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