Père Lachaise Cemetery: A Historical and Pictorial Tour
Once an undesirable place to be buried, the Paris cemetery has lured many ᴅᴇᴀᴅ celebrities, starting with Moliere, Jean de la Fontaine, and Abelard and Heloise. A…
The Mummified Maiden -her life was designed for death.
“The story of the roughly 500-year mummified bodies discovered near the frozen summit of the volcano Llullaillaco in modern day Argentina, with the eldest dubbed “ The…
Haunting ‘bog bodies’ with throats slit from ear to ear and nooses around their necks found ‘perfectly preserved’ after 1000s of years
Here are six of the creepiest bog bodies found in Europe ANCIENT corpses can tell us a lot about how our ancestors lived, and none more so…
Ancient Egypt’s Mummification Process Explained
What went into canopic jars, how was the body dried out, what organs were the most important — and what got thrown away? The mummy of Pharaoh…
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
The Bust “Life-sized painted bust of the queen, 47 cm high. With the flat-cut blue wig, which also has a ribbon wrapped around it halfway up. Colours…
A day trip to ‘Khao Hin Phap Pha’ – another great geological wonder of Thai south available year-round
‘Khao Hin Phap Pha’ off shores of Khanom district north of Nakhon Si Thammarat. ‘Khao Hin Phap Pha’ or Pancake Rock- another great geological wonder of the…
The Mummified Animals of Ancient Egypt
4 reasons Egyptian animal mummies were created — and what the mummification process involved. (Spoiler alert: Think turpentine enemas.) One wing of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo…
The Statue of Rhodes
The Statue of Rhodes, also known as the Colossus of Rhodes, was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was a mᴀssive bronze statue…
The Kouros of Samos is an ancient Greek sculpture created in the 6th century BCE.
Kouros of Samos, c. 600-570 BC. In September 1980,a team of archaeologists uncovered this marble statue during a routine topographical excavation on the Sacred Way in the…
A Forgotten Mansion in Cape Vincent New York from 1895, Heart of Residential Ruins
The 1895 mansion in Cape Vincent, New York, stands as a haunting relic of a bygone era, surrounded by the remains of what was once a vibrant residential neighborhood….