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…
A weapon of a giant? Or remnants of a lost civilization?
In the midst of the vast sands of the desert, a team of archaeologists has made a discovery that challenges known history and revives ancient legends. During…
The REAL face of King Tut: The pharaoh had feminine hips, clubfoot, and protruding teeth according to the ‘virtual autopsy,’ which also revealed that his parents were brother and sister.
With strong features cast in burnished gold, Tutankhamun’s burial mask projects an image of majestic beauty and royal power. But in the flesh, King Tut had buck…
In the Sunbaked Earth of the Paluxy Riverbed
In the sunbaked earth of the Paluxy Riverbed near Glen Rose, Texas, something stirs beneath the surface of time. What appears at first glance to be little…