It was once popularly believed that if a person died and their
Walter Potter (2 July 1835 – 21 May 1918) was an English taxidermist
Behind the face
Stockings: early 19th century, French, silk.
visible horse model, 1950s
Frida Kahlo: Retrato de Luther Burbank (detail), 1931.
Medieval Button More reconstruction buttons here: http://www.silviage.pl/search/label/Guziki%20cynowe?max-results=100
Morbid Anatomy: Care and Conservation of Early 19th Century Wax
Wonderful Helioceras heteromorph ammonite (what a curious &
A selection of images of the long history of the brain’s
A seven-meter wasp nest.
Early Bronze Age hair fashion in Denmark. Egtved girl, Skrydstrup
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Scottish gravestone, Holy Rood Stirlingshire. Photo credit: ©
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Clathrus archerii - commonly known as Octopus Stinkhorn, is indigenous
In Sweden, archaeologists have discovered a gold Roman coin at
Expert leggers Daniel Jinks and Ernest Wood. The two men demonstrate
Large tumor in the neck, stretched across the back, accompanied
An amusing erotic ivory carving of a monk (1800 to 1900 England)
Crash test dummy, Science museum, London.
Nasobema lyricum, aka “Snouter” in the Folklore Section
Louvre Museum. The Grande Galerie abandoned during World War
Anglo-Saxon artifacts found in the Taplow burial mound, Buckinghamshire,
Plague bell from the great plague of 1665.
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Medical Oddities, Nature’s Anomalies and Carnival Gaffs:
Armadillo fetus, Hunterian Museum: The collection of anatomical
A real human body in cross sections at Museum of Surgical Science.
Playing card, 1700s. Ten of spades with cat playing fiddle for
Disabled French soldier
Visit the bridal shop where an embalmed corpse models the dresses
This heap of ashes and bones is the debris from one days killing
Cimetière du Père-Lachaise. So beautiful!
St. Roch Cemetery, New Orleans