Throughout history, people have been buried with their valuables and most cherished possessions. From Queen Victoria to the ancient Egyptians, ...
6 Famous People Who Were In The Peace Corps Read Grover Krantz Dec. at 70 (1931-2002) Grover Sanders Krantz (November 5, 1931 – February 14, 2002) was an American anthropologist and cryptozoologist; he was one of few scientists not only to research Bigfoot, but also to express his ...
Located near the Mahaparinirvana Temple, Ramabhar Stupa Temple has a special position as it stands at the place where the Buddha was cremated. It was built over a portion of the Buddha’s ashes on the spot where the ancient Malla people cremated him. The temple has an impressive 49-feet...
Before he died, Albert Einstein told his biographer "I want to be cremated so people don't come to worship my bones." Alas, his wishes were not completely followed. After Einstein died of a ruptured abdominal aneurysm in 1955, his ashes were scattered at a secret location along the Delawa...
toy soldiers and reenact the battle of the Alamo. Whenever he finished playing, Phil would have an inexplicable urge to burn his plastic soldiers. It was only many years later that he found out that Mexican General Santa Anna had ordered the bodies of the Texan defenders to be cremated. ...
Located in the temple city of Madurai on the banks of River Vaigai is Meenakshi Amman Temple dedicated to Parvati who is referred to as Meenakshi. Ancient, majestic and gorgeous, Meenakshi temple is revered by the people of Tamil Nadu and forms the lifeline of the 2500 years old city of ...
companions were among the first to volunteer. Prince Faisal, who by then had achieved his goal [driving the Ottoman Turks from Arab lands] allowed his Armenian bodyguards to resign and join the struggle on behalf of the Armenian people. ...
It’s clear from the 2.5 tonne sarcophagus that the woman was of high status – most Londoners of this area were either cremated or buried in wooden coffins. The sarcophagus was only one of three found in London in the past three decades. ...
On a snowy night in 2014, when the trains had stopped because of the snowfall and many people were stuck at Shibuya Station, someone even built a snow replica of the dog beside the statue. But did you know that this is not the original statue? The original statue was revealed in 1934,...
the officer locked young Hitchcock in a cell for several minutes. The effect was devastating. Although his father was trying to teach him a lesson about what happened to people who did bad things, the experience left Hitchcock shaken to the core. As a result, Hitchcock was forever fearful of...