7000 BC Mask
This stone mask from the pre-ceramic neolithic period dates to 7000 BC and is probably the oldest mask in the world. Reminds me a little of this guy…
ID’d Korean War Uniform, ‘The Forgotten War’
It is called Canada’s “Forgotten War.” Over 500 Canadians died in the United Nations’ struggle to repel the communist forces that invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950. To the people they helped liberate, the Canadians were heroes.
Holding Hands in Death
Graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband, who were not allowed to be buried together. In the Protestant part of this cemetery, J.W.C van Gorcum, colonel of the Dutch Cavalry and militia commissioner in Limburg, is buried. His wife, lady J.C.P.H van...
Strange Death – Hans Steininger: The Man with the Longest, and Deadliest, Beard in the World
The only sure thing is that if The Guinness Book of World Records existed back when Hans was alive, then the man would definitely hold one of its many bizarre records. Hans Steininger was an Austrian man who became famous for having the world’s longest beard....
