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16 July 2015
Getting your photo taken was a once or twice-in-a-lifetime event for most Victorians; and if your life passed without ever getting a photo, well, your family might decide that that shouldn’t stop them from getting an image to remember you by. Enter: postmortem photography.
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21 June 2015
Nicknamed “The Goddess of Death,” The Women from Lemb is a statue carved from pure limestone that was discovered in 1878 in Lemb, Cypruss. The item dates back to 3500 B.C., and is believed to represent a goddess, similar to a fertility idol. The statue was first owned by Lord Elphont, and within six years…
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