Victorian Beetle Wings. Dress, 1868 The wings would have glittered in candlelight, achieving a sought-after iridescent and jewel-like effect
It’s always a surprise what you find in museums. In the Mint Museum in Potosi, Bolivia, I found two mummified Spanish children from the 1800s. Gruesome stuff.
A soapstone vessel filled with hundreds of Late Antique gold coins was found at the site of Como, Italy’s former Cressoni Theater.
UNESCO adds 7,000-year-old Chilean MUMMIES to its World Heritage List after hailing the ‘global importance’ of the preserved remains, which are over 2,000 years older than their more famous Egyptian counterparts.
Two baby boys, whose bodies were covered in red ochre and buried under a mammoth bone about 31,000 years ago in what is now northeastern Austria, are the earliest known identical twins
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Discover the Valley of the Golden Mummies: The Largest Cemetery in Egypt Dating Back to Greco-Roman Times
Exploring Unexplained Wonders: Mysterious Ancient Tech, Bizarre Ruins, and Strange Discoveries That Baffle Scientists