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ADVERTISEMENT Unless you are fascinated by mummies, the beauty of their well-preserved bodies may be lost on you. But surely you can appreciate the shapely leg of a woman from the Bronze Age, the supple skin of a wife from the Western Han Dynasty, and the enigmatic smile on the face of King Tutankhamun’s grandmother. [...]
Posted by Guest Author on Friday, September 21, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, People · Tagged beautiful women, Bizarre, Bodies, bone cancer, Breast, Christine Quigley, coffin, death, discovery, egypt, false beard, female pharaoh, head, king tutankhamun, mortality, pharaoh, pharaoh hatshepsut, princess of altai, queen, royal mummy, russian steppes, siberia, siberian ice maiden, strange, TopTenz, TopTenz.net, Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, western han dynasty, Women
For as long as there have been civilizations on earth, man has been curious about his ancestors. Our need to connect to our past fuels the study of anthropology and the many important sites and artifacts uncovered through archaeology have opened our eyes to the lives of those that came before us. 10. Qin Shi [...]
Posted by Loni Perry on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, History, Literature · Tagged 1st millennium BC, Ancient Persia, archaeology, Ashurbanipal, Behistun Inscription, digs, Domenico Fontana, Edward Hincks, Edwin Norris, Egyptologist Jean Francois Champollion, Fertile Crescent, Franz Weidenreich, Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Georges Agnel, Hans Reck, Henry Layard, Henry Rawlinson, Howard Carter, Jacques Marsal, Jean Francois Champollion, Julius Oppert, Lascaux, Library of Ashurbanipal, Lois Leakey, Marcel Ravidat, Mary Leakey, Mount Vesuvius, Olduvai Gorge, People, Pierre-Francois Bouchard, Ptolemy V, Qin Dynasty, Qin Dynasty army, Qin Shi Huang, Qin Shi Huang’s Terracotta Army, Rashid, Robert Sherley, Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre, Rosetta Stone, Royal Library of Ashurbanipal, Simon Coencas, Terracotta Army, Theodore M. Davis, tomb of Qin Shi Huang, top 10 discoveries, top 10 finds, top 10 historical discoveries, TopTenz, Tutankhamun, Tutankhamun’s Tomb, Tut’s tomb, Valley of the Kings, Wilhelm Kattwinkel, William Henry Fox Talbot, World Heritage Sites in China, Zhoukoudian
Benjamin Franklin once wrote in a letter to a friend: “in the world nothing can be said to be certain except death [and taxes].” When the inevitable happens, funeral rites, rituals, and ceremonies must be undertaken. Funeral customs are as old as civilization itself, and they vary from region to region. In many cultures and [...]
Posted by Timeea on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, Travel · Tagged Asnières, Atlantis Memorial Reef, Atlantis Reef, Benjamin Franklin, bridge to paradise, Burial, Cemetery, china, Church of the Dead, Cimetière des Chiens, Colorado, Commemoration, cross bones graveyard, culture, death, death customs, Dragon Tiger Mountain, Fujian Province, funeral, Hanging coffins, hospitality_Recreation, Human Interest, Ioan Stan Patras, Italy, John Paul II, John Stow, Kansas, Khufu, Luci Jr., Lucifer, Mafia Cemetery, Merry Cemetery, Neptune Memorial Reef, pet cemetary, Pharaoh Khufu, Province of Pesaro e Urbino, Pyramid of Cheops, Pyramid of Khufu, Rin Tin Tin, Romania, Shirokorechenskoe Cemetery, Sichuan, Sichuan Province, Stull, Stull Cemetery, tomb, Tracy Morris, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, United States, Urbania, Valley of the Kings, winchester, winchester geese, World's First Underwater Cemetery, World’s First Public Pet Cemetery, Wuyi Mountain, Yekaterinburg
