by Maledicta | Jun 3, 2018 | Interesting People, Oddities and Curiosities, Weird Tourism
One day toward the beginning of March, an unusual object arrived at a New York City airport. Carefully encased in a foam-padded, specially built wooden chair and strapped in with a bright-blue sash, it was the stuffed skeleton of one of Britain’s most...
by Maledicta | May 13, 2018 | Halloween 365, Oddities and Curiosities
Mummification is obviously most closely linked with ancient Egypt, but it is a varied and culturally broad burial trend. Here are some examples of its more modern manifestations—from self-mummification, a brutal practice that only came to light in Japan in the...
