Earthquake in Ecuador Reveals Bizarre Burial of a Mummy in a Jar with a Little Mouse
On August 5, 1949, an earthquake struck the small town of Guano in Ecuador, causing buildings to crack open and crumble. The disaster led to the strange…
Dying to Live Forever: The Reasons behind Self-Mummification
Sunada Tetsu (1768-1829) was arguably the most famous individual who successfully mummified himself. Early in life, he was not religiously inclined. He loved a prosтιтute in Akagawa, Tsuruoka’s pleasure…
This 5,500-Year-Old Leather Shoe is the Oldest Ever Discovered
PH๏τo by Pinhasi R, Gasparian B, Areshian G, Zardaryan D, Smith A, et al. PLoS ONE 5(6): e10984. CC BY 2.5 The oldest leather shoe known to…
To avoid the death penalty, he applied for Italian citizenship
George Genius Stinney, sentenced to death in the USA to 14 years. His innocence was proven 70 years later pH๏τo by @greenme.it Henry Sireci has spent the last…
Naupa Iglesia: An Egyptian Portal in the Andes?
Halfway up a near-vertical ravine in the Andes, someone carved an inverted V-shaped entrance into the mountainside. Then they sliced the bedrock with great precision to create…
Latidan Bridge – Near Bandar Abbas (Hormozgan Province)
Latidan Bridge – Near Bandar Abbas (Hormozgan Province) It was mainly built for military purposes during the war with the Portuguese, during the reign of Shah Abbas….
Madre de Dios: Rostro Harakbut monument declared Cultural Heritage of the Nation
This was ordered by the Ministry of Culture The Ministry of Culture declared the Rostro Harakbut archaeological site, a stone monument located within the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve,…
SS Central America: Haunting pH๏τos recovered from the ‘ship of gold’ wreck on ocean floor
California Gold Marketing Group Ambrotype of a young woman In 1857, the SS Central America, also known as the “ship of gold”, sank off the coast of…
Cylinder Seal with a Presentation Scene and Inscription
This carved scene features a seated deity, possibly Nergal, facing a standing worshipper with an interceding goddess standing behind him. The worshipper, identified as a scribe named…
Suffolk detectorist finds Anglo-Saxon gold pyramid mount
Fraser Bailey The detectorist said he almost did not dig for the item as he presumed it would be an aluminium can A metal detectorist said he…