The lifelong dream of prolific calligrapher, Donald Jackson, to create a hand-illumanited and hand-written bible came true in 1998 through what is now known as the "Bible project". The Bible... »

Astounding Timepieces, Rites and Rituals | Edited by bboas, Annetta and 2 others

Chucuito is one of the few ancient sites in the world that is likely to elicit a few giggles. In many ways, you're supposed to giggle when you walk through the walled-off complex covered in row... »

Hoaxes and Pseudoscience, Rites and Rituals | Edited by serflac and atimian

Although public officials are met with far less rotten fruit and tomatoes, the annual Mayor Weigh-In in High Wycombe, England still draws a crowd ready to boo an increase in the mayor's weight.... »

Retro-Tech, Cultures and Civilizations , Rites and Rituals | Edited by atimian and Seth Teicher

Hanging inauspiciously in a dark corner of the American Natural History Museum is a mysterious figure covered from head to toe in the coat of a leopard. Although easy to miss, the dark mannequin... »

Cultures and Civilizations , Rites and Rituals, Lost Tribes | Edited by atimian

As the tale goes, late in the summer of 1817, a vicious, evil witch began to terrorize the Bell family on their Tennessee farm. She kept them up late at night with strange, eerie noises, violently... »

Rites and Rituals | Edited by atimian and HJHausman

Each year in the days preceding Fat Tuesday, townspeople of Ivrea divide up into nine different squads. Dressed in their battle attire, they make their way to certain streets of Ivrea that are... »

Wondrous Performances, Rites and Rituals | Edited by atimian and Dylan

Mourning and personal response to death are unique to every person. But the Museum of Mourning Art at Arlington Cemetery categorizes the motifs that are present throughout American art dealing... »

Cultures and Civilizations , Rites and Rituals | Edited by atimian

Maximón is not exactly the picture of a saint. Often portrayed with dark sunglasses and a bandit-style bandana, he looks more like a wild-west villain than a Central American saint. Yet his effigy... »

Cultures and Civilizations , Rites and Rituals | Edited by serflac and atimian

At the cemetery of the isolated village of Nokhur, nearly every grave is marked by a wooden post adorned with the horns of a mountain goat. They are thought to fight off evil spirits, and help the... »

Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Rites and Rituals | Edited by Tawsam and atimian

Legend has it that when guru Padmasambhava wanted to find a place to meditate in solitude, he shot an arrow into the sky and it landed on a site known today as the Tashiding Monastery.... »

Relics and Reliquaries, Rites and Rituals, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by EmilyYaMei and atimian