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Jonathan Carey

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2018

Jonathan Carey is originally from Petersburg, Virginia. He attended the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, he studied health, science, and urban reporting. After graduation, he began a fellowship at Audubon Magazine, and later wrote for HotNewHipHop.com (covering breaking news in sports and music, particularly hip-hop and jazz culture), Everyday Health, and New Food Economy. He also served as a Staff Writer for start-up Sentient Media, where he wrote investigative stories about animal welfare, factory farming, and the influence of big agriculture on local politics. Jonathan is a diehard basketball and football fan, and of course a music fanatic. He is also an animal lover, none more than his dog, Bajan. And he's a huge history buff.

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Games were a welcome respite from the violence and boredom of war.

games

For Sale: A Civil War-Era Checkerboard Featuring Union Generals

A themed version of the board game, to help stave off wartime boredom.

By Jonathan Carey
Yes, it is very tall.

geology

Nepal's Mounting an Expedition to Discover if Everest Has Shrunk

The long history of measuring the world’s highest point.

By Jonathan Carey
The dehumanization begins as slaves were inspected before boarding slave vessels.

ships

Found: The Last Survivor of the Atlantic Slave Trade

Research has placed a new name in a special place on the list of 'Clotilda' survivors.

By Jonathan Carey
In an image from James Skinner's book on life in India, a surgeon works on the leg of a patient as he takes opium.

collections

Centuries of Persian Manuscripts, Now at Your Fingertips

A deep, cosmopolitan archive appears online for the first time.

By Jonathan Carey
In Svalbard, Norway, a Triassic channel still extends from an outcrop.

geology

Found: The Largest River Delta the Earth Has Ever Seen

Everything is bigger in Pangaea.

By Jonathan Carey
 Guy Bar-Oz and his team survey the dump site.

ancient

When Garbage Collection Stops, Your City Might Be in Trouble

A Byzantine trash heap reveals the slow decline of a desert culture.

By Jonathan Carey
A fragment of the old York station.

archaeology

Found: York’s First Railway Station

Workers uncovered evidence from a pivotal moment in the city's modern history.

By Jonathan Carey
The wooden hull of ship 17.

ships

Found: A Ship Once Described By Herodotus

A wreck discovered in the Nile suggests the ancient Greek historian's description was spot on.

By Jonathan Carey
The mountains of Death Valley stare at their own reflection.

nature

Found: A Lake in Death Valley, the Hottest and Driest of the U.S. National Parks

It was not a mirage.

By Jonathan Carey
The Klonglan waterfall in Thailand.

science

Waterfalls Can Just Spontaneously Happen

A new study suggests that creating these natural wonders doesn't require external forces.

By Jonathan Carey
The remains of the tree.

trees

The Life of a Historic Los Angeles Tree Comes to an End

For 144 years, it lived at El Pueblo de Los Angeles, the site where the city was founded in the 18th century.

By Jonathan Carey
Inscriptions made by the crew of the Delta.

sailors

Found: Inscriptions by American Whalers, Carved Over Indigenous Australian Petroglyphs

Researchers believe the sailors were commemorating their voyages.

By Jonathan Carey
Made from recycled materials, Modes's shantyboat can weather the storms.

museums

An Artist, a Shantyboat, and the Lost History of American River Communities

Wes Modes is documenting life along America's waterways.

By Jonathan Carey
India's parrots are in the midst of a grand heist.

farms

In Search of Opium, Parrots Are Wreaking Havoc on India's Poppy Fields

Farmers in Madhya Pradesh are struggling to combat the avian theft.

By Jonathan Carey
The ruins of the Angkor Wat sit within the city of Angkor.

ancient

The Fall of Angkor Was More Than a Century in the Making

New research suggests that the city’s demise wasn’t related to a sudden catastrophe, but rather, a choice.

By Jonathan Carey
Interior of the Sedlec Ossuary.

churches

Czechia’s ‘Bone Church’ Is Getting a Good, Thorough Cleaning

A team of experts will be restoring four decorative pyramids, made of human remains.

By Jonathan Carey
Artist rendering of the House of Tomorrow.

houses

For Rent: Indiana's Iconic, But Languishing, House of Tomorrow

There's a catch: You have to be willing to restore the futuristic structure.

By Jonathan Carey
Coal depot in the Kemerovo Oblast.

coal

Why 3 Cities in Siberia Are Covered in Black Snow

The toxic flurries are a product of Russia's coal pits.

By Jonathan Carey
The note scribbled by William Melton of Joan's ruse and escape.

medieval

How a 14th-Century Nun Faked Her Own Death

Her escape was documented in the margins of a medieval manuscript.

By Jonathan Carey
San Francisco (left) and Osaka (right) were sister cities for 60 years.

statues

What Happens When Sister Cities Break Up?

In October 2018, the Japanese city of Osaka broke off its 60-year relationship with San Francisco, California.

By Jonathan Carey
A modern reproduction of Erik the Red’s house on his estate (known as Brattahlíð) in present-day Qassiarsuk, Greenland.

vikings

The Vikings Got Lucky and Hit Greenland During a Warm Spell

But it didn’t go well for them when things got cold again.

By Jonathan Carey
Hand-drawn illustration of a blue passionflower.

manuscripts

A Forgotten Botanist’s Stunning 19th-Century Manuscript Is Now Online

It is considered one of the most comprehensive works on Cuba’s flora during the colonial period.

By Jonathan Carey
The newest member of the MCBF family

fungus

Scientists Discovered a New Family of Fungi on an 800-Year-Old Cathedral in Portugal

This miniature foe is munching through the stone walls of Sé Velha.

By Jonathan Carey
The Seuss collection up for auction.

manuscripts

For Sale: Letters and Illustrations From Dr. Seuss

The collection comes from a time when the author was just becoming a household name.

By Jonathan Carey
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