A word for the unwary: a cadaver monument in Southwark Cathedral
Southwark Cathedral London Bridge, London SE1 9DA More about this monument A cadaver monument in Southwark Cathedral is said to be the wealthy London merchant Thomas Cure…
The Mummy Ankhefenmut
A CT scan revealed the idenтιтy of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female. The two mummies at the Albany Insтιтute of History and Art. Daderot/public…
A ‘monster’ emerges from the Baltic sea: Ferocious wooden figurehead that adorned a Danish warship surfaces after 500 years
A wooden sea monster has emerged from the Baltic sea after lying on the ocean floor for more than half a millenium. The creature, which has ‘lion…
Professor of ᴀssyriology, Matthew Stolper standing in front of the Colossal Bull Sculpture from the Achaemenid capital Persepolis, dating back to 486-424 BCE
“The Oriental Insтιтute (OI) was founded in 1919 to be an insтιтution that studied the ancient cultures of the Middle East at the University of Chicago. Its collection…
Heka: The magic of ancient Egypt
All religions have a magical aspect [1], ancient religions like the Egyptian, according to which all of creation was animated to some extent, perhaps more so…
What we’ll see at the Neues Museum in Berlin
One of our stops in the German capital was the Neues Museum which is located on Berlin’s Museum Island. In total there are 6 in this area. We opted…
The Catacombs of Paris: A Hidden World Beneath the City
Beneath the bustling streets of Paris lies one of the city’s most intriguing and eerie landmarks: the Catacombs of Paris. This vast network of underground tunnels…
The Sir Eldritch-Cholmondeley Fairy Collection
The majority of the following collection of evidence of fairies was compiled between 1847 and 1902 by explorer and amateur scientist, the independently wealthy Sir Bertram Eldritch-Cholmondeley….
10 objects that the Mᴀssacre killer in Texas made with the skin of his victims …
It probably does not sound like the name of Edward Gein, but incredible as it may seem, he was the inspiration to create the most terrifying and…
Grandad finds ‘500-year-old’ well with sword in it under his living room after noticing dip in the carpet
A GRANDAD has found a “medieval” 17ft well with a centuries-old sword inside it under his living room carpet. Colin Steer, from Plymouth, discovered the well ten…