August 2011
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10 Creepiest Abandoned Morgues on Earth →
Interesting photos in here. However, it kinda bums me out that this site can’t spell “Archaeology” correctly.
Aug 31st
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Aug 31st
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Aug 30th
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Aug 29th
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Aug 28th
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Aug 27th
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Aug 27th
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Scottish prehistoric mummies made from jigsaw of... →
archaeologicalnews: DNA tests on British prehistoric mummies revealed they were made of body parts from several different people, arranged to look like one person. The four bodies discovered in 2001 on South Uist, in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides were the first evidence in Britain of deliberate mummification. …
Aug 26th
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Aug 25th
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New Scientist: Get your body liquefied when you... →
Aug 25th
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Aug 24th
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First Greek Mummy Once Led Privileged Life →
Article from a few years back on Discovery News. Dating to 300 A.D., when the Romans ruled Greece, the partially mummified remains belong to a middle-aged woman. […] Wrapped in bandages and covered with a gold-embroidered purple silk cloth, the woman lay on a wooden pallet. “Besides the clothes, remnants of soft tissue as well as the individual’s original hairstyle and...
Aug 23rd
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Aug 22nd
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Aug 21st
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Coffin Birth →
Why WHY do we not have access to this program here in the U.S.? I just searched Hulu Plus and Netflix for this show, but no dice. I’m tempted to buy the boxed set, but I fear that DVDs from Britain aren’t compatible with American players. P.S. The case described below is extra-interesting to me because of my previous academic life as a Celticist! xmorbidcuriosityx: ellamorte: Coffin...
Aug 21st
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Aug 20th
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Aug 19th
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The Dead Tell a Tale China Doesn’t Care to Listen... →
New York Times article from a few years back about the Tarim mummies and the questions they raise: […] the Loulan Beauty lies on her back with her shoulder-length hair matted down, her lips pursed in death, her high cheekbones and long nose the most obvious signs that she is not what one thinks of as Chinese. Click through above to read the full article.
Aug 18th
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Aug 17th
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Aug 16th
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Aug 15th
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Future shock: Scientists give a 245-year-old mummy... →
More on the Vác, Hungary, mummies. I love them, and I love this guy’s outfit.
Aug 14th
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Aug 13th
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Aug 12th
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Aug 11th
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Aug 9th
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Tales from the Crypt: The Mystery of Germany's... →
Whoa. Thank you, Der Spiegel. I had no idea there were mummies of German aristocracy lying around out there!
Aug 8th
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Aug 7th
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Aug 6th
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Aug 5th
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Aug 4th
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The Hanged Man →
Is it possible to bring a drowning victim or a hanged man back to life? Great article. Found via Atlas Obscura’s Facebook feed.
Aug 3rd
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Aug 2nd
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Aug 1st
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