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Santuário Rupestre de Panóias (Panoias Sanctuary) in...

October 25, 2021

This sanctuary was constructed during the late 2nd-century and early 3rd-century. The cult of Serapis started in Egypt and was later adopted by the Greeks and Romans, until Emperor Theodosius banned all pagan cults and adopted Christianity as the official religion in 391 CE. It’s believed there were originally 11 rocks, as recorded by early archaeologists, but only a small part is currently accessible. The sanctuary is composed of tanks of different sizes and shapes, votive inscriptions, building foundations,...

Was René Descartes a Victim of Skull...

October 25, 2021

If you want to maximize your profit when selling a human skull, you’re going to need some dried peas. You can substitute millet or rice grains in a pinch. You’ll also need some water, and, of course, a skull. Turn the cranium upside down, fill it with the peas or grain, add the water, and wait. As the starches absorb the water and expand, the collagen-rich, fibrous tissue that keeps the cranial bones together will weaken. Eventually, the skull...

Podcast: The Real Alchemist of Castle Frankenstein

October 25, 2021

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, two members of the Atlas Obscura team go in search of the true story that may have inspired the literary classic, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet...

The Story Behind the World's Most Terrifying...

October 25, 2021

Here is something that most people would agree is true about Robert the Doll: He’s terrifying. Ostensibly a little boy in a sailor suit, his careworn face is only vaguely human. His nub of a nose looks like a pair of pinholes. He is covered in brown nicks, like scars. His eyes are beady and black. He wears a malevolent smirk. Clasped in his lap he’s holding his own toy, a dog with garish, popping eyes and a too-big...

What Top Hotel Marketing Trends do you...

October 25, 2021

Question for Our Hotel Marketing Expert Panel What are the top hotel marketing trends we can expect to see in 2022? Our Marketing Expert Panel Tim Kolman – Commercial Strategy Expert, three&six Thomas Dieben – Founder, Becurious Adele Gutman – Culture and Guest Experience Expert, Hospitality Reputation Marketing The post What Top Hotel Marketing Trends do you Predict for 2022? appeared first on Revfine.com.

Europeans Once Drank Distilled Human Skulls as...

October 22, 2021

King Charles II was on his deathbed. The year was 1685, and the monarch had suffered a stroke. Doctors tried everything to save him, but the king was convinced that one particular remedy would work. Years before, Charles II had paid Oliver Cromwell’s own doctor and chemist, Jonathan Goddard, a handsome sum for the secret formula for Goddard’s Drops. The chemist claimed that his invention, which later came to be known as King’s Drops, was a kind of miracle...

Ogilvie-Wiener Mansion in Shreveport, Louisiana

October 22, 2021

William B. Ogilvie was an orphaned Shreveport native who served as a Confederate soldier before opening a wildly successful chain of grocery stores at war’s end. For a man that lived so many lives, it’s only fitting that his titular mansion did the same. The Ogilvie-Wiener Mansion is one of the largest Victorian structures in Louisiana and the oldest Queen Anne-style Victorian building in Shreveport, built in 1896. The 9,000 square-foot building boasts 20 rooms, a wraparound porch, and...

'Luchs' in Hamburg, Germany

October 22, 2021

In the center of the lovely Kellinghusen Park stands an intriguing monument of a Eurasian lynx, a species native to the forests of Germany. The wide eyed lynx seems to be noticing the approaching visitor for the first time and with ears pointing sideways and body tense is poised as if ready to bound off into the trees. The terracotta sculpture is entitled simply Luchs (the German word for “lynx”) and was created by artist Kurt Bauer in the early 1950s....

'Luchs' in Hamburg, Germany

October 22, 2021

In the center of the lovely Kellinghusen Park stands an intriguing monument of a Eurasian lynx, a species native to the forests of Germany. The wide eyed lynx seems to be noticing the approaching visitor for the first time and with ears pointing sideways and body tense is poised as if ready to bound off into the trees. The terracotta sculpture is entitled simply Luchs (the German word for “lynx”) and was created by artist Kurt Bauer in the early 1950s....

Bevolo Gas & Electric Light Museum in...

October 22, 2021

Walking around New Orleans, you might have the feeling that you can’t get enough of the city’s gas lights. This, then, is the place for you. The Bevolo Gas & Electric Lights Museum and Showroom, offers a glimpse into the history of gas lamps and offers a unique opportunity to see artisans at work. Bevolo Gas & Electric Lights has been making hand-made lanterns in the heart of the French Quarter since 1945, and today is the largest manufacturer of...

Bevolo Gas & Electric Light Museum in...

October 22, 2021

Walking around New Orleans, you might have the feeling that you can’t get enough of the city’s gas lights. This, then, is the place for you. The Bevolo Gas & Electric Lights Museum and Showroom, offers a glimpse into the history of gas lamps and offers a unique opportunity to see artisans at work. Bevolo Gas & Electric Lights has been making hand-made lanterns in the heart of the French Quarter since 1945, and today is the largest manufacturer of...

King Leonidas Statue in Brunswick, Australia

October 22, 2021

This statue of King Leonidas was commissioned by the City of Brunswick to celebrate the Memorandum of Understanding between Sparta and Brunswick. The statue, which cost $30,000, has been the subject of local controversy as it made many residents question why a king of ancient Greece was being unveiled in the neighborhood. There was a large influx of Greek people during the 1950s and 1960s, of which a large portion came from the Laconian region (including the capital Sparta)....

'Der Hase' in Nuremberg, Germany

October 22, 2021

A sculpture of a gigantic goggle-eyed hare is portrayed as having fallen hard upon and smashed open a wooden box from which spills a horde of numerous tiny and demonic-looking rabbits. Look closely and you will see that crushed beneath this heavyweight hare lies a person, whose lifeless hand can be seen outstretched from beneath the animal’s colossal bulk. Known as Der Hase, this is a monument to Renaissance-era painter and printer Albrecht Dürer, who was born and lived...

The Art of Hand-Carving Headstones Isn’t Dead...

October 22, 2021

In Portland, Maine’s Eastern Cemetery, tall grasses tilt in the breeze among the winged death’s heads. Across the gently undulating landscape, granite and slate tablets inscribed with names and dates, weeping willows and decorative urns mark the final resting place of some 4,000, most interred between 1668 and 1930. Intricate designs and mismatched letters, some sharp and bold, others faded nearly to illegibility, tell the stories of the past in beautiful, hand-carved relief. Just down the road at the...

Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois

October 22, 2021

Who doesn’t want to ride in a life-sized Thomas the Tank engine? That’s one of the items in the collection at the Illinois Railway Museum, located 50 miles northwest of Chicago in Union, Illinois. The museum was founded in 1953 by ten men who each contributed $100 to purchase Indiana Railroad 65, a recently retired interurban car that was on the verge of being scrapped. Since then, it has grown into the largest railway museum in the United States,...

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