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This is a Maya stone carving from Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico. After careful review, many believe it is a detailed representation of a space vehicle- with many recognizable parallels to our own space shuttle, such as the position of the astronaut. While
Maidens’ Garlands were made from paper, ribbons, fragments of best frocks, silk and shells and usually had a centrepiece made from paper cut into the shape of a glove, kerchief or collar, sometimes with a written epitaph. They symbolised the young
The “Bridge of Death”. In the night of 26. April 1986 when reactor 4 exploded, the residents of Pripyat heard the explosion and wanted to know what was going on, so they went to this bridge, where they could have a good look at the reactor.
The Creepiest Gumball Machine. Some more fun!
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Absolutely nothing creepier than dolls…nothing!
Deadly shark attack
Urban Legend: Two college roommates were complete opposites, one studied while the other liked to party.It was about 2 a.m. when Mary got back. She snuck in and grabbed her keys, leaving the lights off, not wanting to wake her roommate. The next morning
Fun :)
Africa | Healer or Diviner’s Calabash. Mambila culture (Nigeria, Cameroon). ca. 19th to early 20th century | Calabash, wickerwork, wood, shell, horn, bone, other natural materials
Ancient Egyptian prosthetic foot piece.
Apothecary to go.
1952.
From the MutterMuseum - the deformed ribcage of a woman who wore corsets vs a normal ribcage
Very vintage dentist sign
creepy ad!
Uzumaki, Higuchinsky
Trovants–the growing stones of Romania. The stones grow when it rains from the process of concretion.
Spanish civil war. XIX century nuns corpses digged out and exposed by an anticlerical movement in Barcelona
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The only one in the United States, the Tower of Baa is a goat tower modeled after a tower that Dave & Marcia Johnson saw in a South African wine magazine. Johnson decided to build one for his Swiss Saanen goats. The structure is 31 feet tall &
Nice frontal slice :)
Worlds biggest Amethyst Geode – The ‘Empress of Uruguay’
Oversized hands and arms, caused by a hormone imbalance.
Spooky Carousel
Genetics.
Whimsical nature - begonia leaves
Cephalotribe; obstetric tool, Geneva, Switzerland, 1750-1850 Credits: Science Museum London. Only used as a last resort after a fetus is dead in an attempt to save the mother.
Invalid chair, Europe, 1850-1890: Unlike modern wheelchairs that have four wheels, this chair has three: two large front wheels and one small rear wheel. This means the patient was unable to wheel the chair themselves. They would have had an assistant.
This whole office is a cabinet of wonder-dentist equipment ca. 1900’s
A magnificent set of surgical instruments, German, ca 1600. Ivory, silver fire-gilt, iron. In the collection of Georg Laue.
‘Gynaeplaque’ model, United States, 1925-1935. Medical professionals were taught how to insert a cervical cap using this model. The model is spongy rubber in a black case which opens to show the female reproductive organs. A cervical cap is
Wooden anatomical figure with removable parts and container, German, c. 1700 L0036318 Credit: Wellcome Library, London
GRAPHIC! The individual is a French soldier of the 99th Infantry Regiment, who was killed by a German mustard gas attack. Besides burning his lungs and intoxicating him, the gas also tore his skin down several layers. His death was probably excruciatingly
WND recently confirmed a Sky News Arabia report of the crucifixion of dissidents in Egypt. According to a report by Lebanon Today translated into English, the Yemeni jihadist group Ansar al-Shariah took control of the Azzan area of Yemen and imposed Islam
Cannibalism during the Russian Famine 1921
Frozen man make-up
German woman using sheet to cover bodies of 2 children who were killed by their mother who then killed herself after hearing that her husband had lost his life fighting on the outskirts of the city after its liberation by Allied forces, 1945, by Margaret
Defense wounds to hand from antique forensic textbook (Forensicmed)
Mrs. Keyte of Blockley, Gloucestershire had a pet trout that would eat worms from her hand. When it died in 1855, she erected a tombstone in its honor. That tombstone remains one of the most popular tourist attractions in Blockley. And it’s perhaps
This is an authentic, ceremonial shrunken head made by the Shuar people. Some of the characteristics of a real tsantsa are the long hair, sealed orifices, and sewn lips, the strap used the hang the head, and the dark, polished color. via The College of
JOB HUNTING IN THE 1930s // history repeats
Krubera Cave (deepest cave in the world)
This photo of Rosalia Lombardo was taken in 1984. Why is that interesting? She was the last person buried in the catacombs of the Capuchin Monastery 64 years before this photo was taken, in 1920.
The whole family! So sad
A child resting in the women’s corridor. The amazing preservation of this case is due to a specific embalming process, of which the details are still unknown. Note the use of artificial eyes. Mummy from the Palermo Catacombs.
Archaic Period, 600s bce. Altar stone inscribed to Ortheia with an embedded sickle. Inscriptions outside Sparta begin to speak of Artemis Ortheia by the 5th century bc, as the fusion of older forms with the Olympian pantheon proceeded.
Miss Lovely Eyes Contest, Florida, 1930s.
Tornado victim
This is the body of Sgt. Frederick Wyllyams, Troop G, Seventh U.S. Cavalry. He was killed and mutilated by a mixed band of Sioux, Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians near Fort Wallace, Kansas, 1867. The ritual slashes on Wyllyams’ body were done after he was
The Grauballe Man was found on the 26th of April 1952, near the village of Grauballe, Denmark. He was discovered by men cutting peat for fuel about three feet below the surface of the ground. When they were digging one of the workers, Tage Busk Sørensen,
A 16 year-old male student was playing with firecrackers at home when one of them exploded in front of his face causing severe damage to the midface with loss of the nose and upper lip. The left globe was severely ruptured and required evisceration. Fortu
Mannequin factory ,by Erich Hartmann, USA. Long Island City, NYC. 1969.
“19th century coal miners would traditionally take canaries in cages down into the mine with them. The birds would act as an early warning system for carbon monoxide gas. When the canary stopped singing the miner would know that he had to escape the
People have been finding strange holes in Russian forests. This has been occurring since the end of the 1980s. This strange phenomenon consists of deep holes that appear suddenly in the dense forests, in those places that no truck or car can get to, let
The Beauty of Xiaohe or Little River, 3,800 years old, mummified remains of a Caucasian woman found in Western China along with other European mummies and artifacts. These Tarim Basin mummies are controversial in China as they are evidence of Europeans
A Haunting Photograph Of The 1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. The Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre is the name given to the 1929 murder of seven mob associates as part of a prohibition era conflict between two powerful criminal gangs in Chicago:
Drug related killing
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Polydactyl - 8 toes
