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The Uncovering of The Concho Stone
The Uncovering of The Concho Stone Have You Heard of The Concho Stone? Neither had we, and in fact, hardly anyone has heard of it and less so have actually seen it — the stone has been purposefully covered with earth for the last fifty years in order to allude vandals. It may finally be uncovered at last… Will 5000-year-old Cochno Stone carving see the light of day once more? (Ancient Origins) “With dozens of grooved spirals, carved indentations, geometric shapes, and mysterious patterns of many kinds, the Cochno Stone, located in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, is considered to have the finest example of Bronze Age cup and ring carvings in…
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2014 » October
Archive for October, 2014 The Resurrection of an Egyptian Princess… May you be merry this Halloween and dance alongside the spirits… Also, we hope you watch and enjoy this film! — The Monster by Georges Méliès. (It’s about an attempt to bring an Egyptian princess back to life…) “A 1903 film directed by French filmmaker Georges Méliès and, as is common with his films, starring the man himself. The story centres on the chaotic, and ultimately futile, attempt to bring a dead Egyptian Princess back to life. According to the Lubin Catolog: An Egyptian prince has lost his beloved wife and he has sought a dervish who dwells at the…
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John Titor: Time Traveler or Hoaxster Extraordinaire?
John Titor: Time Traveler or Hoaxster Extraordinaire? If there’s one urban legend we love, it’s the mystery of John Titor. The thing about time travel is that those who claim to have experienced it have a built in device that ensures they cannot be proven wrong — that is, they often claim that there are many future realities and their’s may not line up with ours. So, when John Titor made his claims, most of the Internet took them with a grain of salt — but the thing is, some of those claims have turned out to be close to the truth (some not so much), and the most fearsome…
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2014 » September
Archive for September, 2014 The Tablet That Contains The Secrets of Creation The Emerald Tablet. Have you heard of it? This enigmatic object has many presumed sources – one of which is the the city of Atlantis itself. Other possible associations include the Ark of the Covenant, the tomb of Hermes, and the Medieval and Renaissance era alchemical texts… The Legendary Emerald Tablet (Ancient Origins) “The origins of Western alchemy can be traced back to Hellenistic Egypt, in particular to the city of Alexandria. One of the most important characters in the mythology of alchemy is Hermes Trismegistus (Hermes the Thrice-Great). The name of this figure is derived from the…
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Ancient Apocalypse: Zombies and Plagues
Ancient Apocalypse: Zombies and Plagues A plague so horrible that the dead were disposed of in unusual or violent ways is not just the stuff of zombie movies. Newly unearthed remains at Luxor in Egypt reveal an ancient plague so potent that religious burial rites were completely overlooked before the bodies were incinerated or buried under lime. “We found evidence of corpses either burned or buried inside the lime…They had to dispose of them without losing any time…” Here, a bonfire where many of the victims of an ancient epidemic in the ancient city of Thebes in Egypt were ultimately incinerated.Credit: Photo by N. Cijan © Associazione Culturale per lo…
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2014 » August
Archive for August, 2014 16 Oldest Surviving Examples Of Everyday Things These images are endlessly fascinating — it’s wonderful to experience a momentary connection through time with the ancients. Enjoy… 16 Oldest Surviving Examples Of Everyday Things (Bored Panda) “We enjoy quite a few unprecedented technologies today, but much more of the stuff that we use has been around for ages. Ancient humans may not have been able to text or upload selfies, but they enjoyed everyday objects like flushable toilets, chewing gum and nice purses just like we do. Inspired by imgur ’s post, we decided to make an extended list of the oldest examples of everyday objects. Keep…
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The automobile graveyards of Chatillon
The automobile graveyards of Chatillon As if the zombie apocalypse happened and everyone abandoned their cars trying to get out of town… Photos of a traffic jam stuck in the woods for 70 years (Death and Taxes magazine) “Around the town of Chatillon, Belgium, the end of World War II left a few creepy hallmarks of the armistice in the form of long lines of cars left abandoned by the hundreds in the woods. While one theory goes that the cars belonged to Americans who left them in a hurry on their way off the continent, B ored Panda points out that no one really knows for sure…” For more…
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2014 » July
Archive for July, 2014 Corpse Bride or Wax Statue? You decide… Folklore or morbid tribute? Her hands, just look at her hands… A Mexican Bridal Shop Mannequin Looks Just Like A Preserved Human Corpse. (Viral Nova) “In the middle of Chihuahua, Mexico, there is a bridal shop that is quite famous. However, it’s not famous because of the dresses. It’s the store mannequins that keep them on the map. That’s because, for the past 75 years, a startlingly lifelike mannequin stood in the window. That Mexican bridal shop mannequin puzzled locals. According to local legends, the mannequin is actually the preserved daughter of the shop’s former owner. Disturbing, but is…
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An Old Book, A Video Piece: An Experience of Paintings…
An Old Book, A Video Piece: An Experience of Paintings… “Thumb” through a beautiful old book from The Public Domain Review… Women painters of the world from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day; 1905; edited by Walter Shaw Sparrow; The Copp Clark Company Limited, Toronto. “A heavily illustrated collection of essays, edited by British art critic Walter Shaw Sparrow, focusing on notable women painters from the 15th century to the beginning of the 20th. Of the eight essays only one is written by a woman, Helena Westermarck, a Finnish artist and women’s historian active in the suffragette movement. From the rather lavish preface…
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Poison Garments of the Victorian Age
Poison Garments of the Victorian Age …But would you have worn them anyway? Two skeletons dressed as lady and gentleman in “the Arsenic Waltz,” Etching (1862) (courtesy Wellcome Library, London) Fatal Victorian Fashion and the Allure of the Poison Garment by Allison Meier “Staying stylish in the Victorian period could be a dance of death. While industrialization and mass production made more beautiful fashions widely available, the green dresses were dyed with arsenic-based pigments, the mercury necessary to make shiny beaver top hats drove the hatters insane, and all that tulle and cinched corsets contorting women into airy nymphs would not infrequently cause them to tumble into gas lamps and…
