Atlasobscura.com just posted an article on the “Fiesta de las Ñatitas,” a day of thanksgiving to dearly departed given in appreciation for their continued service from the afterlife. This might seem an odd and fanciful celebration but scholars have averred… Continue Reading
In 1900, photographer Edward Curtis embarked on a journey that would inspire his life’s work: He decided to accompany anthropologist George Bird Grinnell on a trip to Montana to photograph the Sun Dance, a ritual of the Blackfoot Indians. From… Continue Reading
The cottage was discovered near Lower Black Moss reservoir in the village of Barley, in the shadow of Pendle Hill. Archaeologists brought in by United Utilities to survey the area found the building under a grass mound. Historians are now… Continue Reading
They ruled the vast grasslands of Eurasia for a thousand years, striking fear into the hearts of the ancient Greeks and Persians. But they left no cities or settlements behind, only massive grave mounds, called kurgans, dotting the steppes from… Continue Reading
Northeast Laos is home to one of the world’s most wondrous archaeological sites: the Plain of Jars. The awe-inspiring site is littered with thousands of enormous 2,000-year-old stone jars nestled among unexploded Vietnam-era bombs. The site largely remained a mystery because… Continue Reading
Check out the video of a beautiful Hindu Temple that’s under water near Bali. http://pparihar.com/2015/12/10/5000-years-old-underwater-hindu-temple-at-bali-indonesia/
The Sami people (also Sámi or Saami), traditionally known in English as Lapps or Laplanders, are an indigenous Finno-Ugric people inhabiting the Arctic area of Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of far northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Kola Peninsula of… Continue Reading
Pioneering X-ray imaging has allowed scientists to begin to unravel the mysteries of the Herculaneum “library” – the scrolls that were preserved by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD. They were discovered among the ruins of a villa… Continue Reading
As a photographer, I am fascinated by old photographs. Recently photos by William Sanders will go on show for the first time in London. These photos are from the late 1800s and show life in Shanghai. These photos give you… Continue Reading
With Samhaim hard upon us with its various celebrations including the ritualized begging-with-an-edge called “trick or treating” (essentially repurposed wassailing), the New York Times has regaled us with accounts of a related custom called “Raggamuffin Day” (which J.G. Frazier would… Continue Reading