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Aefre with the brooch and knife she was burried with.
Folkestone, England

Aefre

These 1,500-year-old remains were found in a mysterious Anglo-Saxon mass grave.
Uley Long Barrow.
Uley, England

Uley Long Barrow

You can crawl inside this atmospheric 5,000-year-old tomb.
Looking into the barrow from the entrance.
Marlborough, England

West Kennet Long Barrow

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.
Gastro Obscura

Feria del Alfeñique

The most beautiful, striking sugar skulls can be found at this annual fair in Toluca, Mexico.
Midland, South Dakota

Skeleton Man Walking Skeleton Dinosaur

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.
Posada's <em>Gran Calavera Eléctrica</em> anticipates electric trolleys being introduced to Mexico City. In it, a standing skeleton hypnotizes a seated one.
art

The Endlessly Adaptable Skeletons of José Guadalupe Posada

Calaveras created by the Mexican artist have been repurposed for generations, with wildly varying intent.
Cara Giaimo May 8, 2018
The now exposed horse skeleton is ready for documentation.
animals

Found: An Ancient Horse Skeleton in a Utah Backyard

The 15,000-year-old find dates back to the Late Pleistocene age.
Christina Ayele Djossa May 2, 2018
The entrance on the 2nd floor.
Tokyo, Japan

Intermediatheque

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.
Like other members of the enantiornithine family, the fossilized fledgling (reconstructed here) likely had claws on its wings.
animals

Found: A 127-Million-Year-Old Fossil of a Fledgling

These tiny, prehistoric bones tell a story about flight.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 5, 2018
Jeremy Bentham's "auto-icon," which includes this wax head, is on its way to New York.
wax anatomy

How a Dead Philosopher Makes a Transatlantic Trip

Jeremy Bentham died 186 years ago. Now conservators are transporting his "auto-icon" from London to New York for the first time.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 2, 2018
Priest sitting outside the entrance to Abuna Yemata church.
East Tigray, Ethiopia

Abuna Yemata Guh

Reaching the "Church in the Sky" requires scaling the cliff face of a sandstone pinnacle with a 650-foot drop.
The fresco is remarkably preserved.
Hrastovlje, Slovenia

Danse Macabre of Hrastovlje

The walls of this medieval church are covered with perfectly preserved frescos, including a pristine example of the Dance of Death.
A detail from an oil painting, <em>Life and Death</em>, depicting half-woman, half-skeleton figure bearing a scythe, 18th century.
skulls

How Humans Have Embraced Life, With Images of Death

Masterpieces of memento mori.
Anika Burgess December 7, 2017
A 1992 blurry image of a woman.
Bélmez de la Moraleda, Spain

Bélmez Faces

Mysterious face-like images that appeared within an Andalusian house are surrounded by legends of the paranormal.
The complete Odd Fellows skeleton studied by Alapisco.
31 days of halloween

Stumbling on Skeletons in Old Odd Fellows Lodges

The fraternal organization has literal skeletons in their closets—and cupboards, back rooms, and attics.
Cara Giaimo October 30, 2017
The crypt is full of skulls and other skeletal remains.
Rothwell, England

Rothwell Bone Crypt

Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.
Skeleton.
Salisbury, England

The Skeletons of Stonehenge

Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.
Six-year-old Leonard Schuster's foot in 1896. One suspects he struggled to keep still.
31 days of halloween

The Existential Horror Created by the First X-Ray Images

"I have seen my death!"
Kelsey Kennedy October 5, 2017