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One of the last surviving cobweb paintings is on display this weekend.#objectsofintrigue #paintings #spiders #crafts #lostart #art #section-Articles
For Sale: A 19th-Century Portrait Painted on a Spiderweb

A Man in 19th-Century Italy Preserved His Own Brain to Fight Eugenics#crime #neuroscience #worldwarii #anatomy #anatomymuseums #braincollections #brain #objectsofintrigue #section-Articles
A Man in 19th-Century Italy Preserved His Own Brain to Fight Eugenics

This Map Shows a Fictional Country Created by a Con Man

In the 19th century, Scottish scammer Gregor MacGregor made a fortune selling land in Poyais.#objectsofintrigue #crime #explorers #fraud #maps #section-Articles
This Map Shows a Fictional Country Created By a Con Man

Legends swirl around the University of Edinburgh’s mysterious graduation bonnet.#objectsofintrigue #scotland #christianity #protestant #history #folklore #tradition #universities #graduations #hats #harrypotter #section-Articles
Before Harry Potter’s Sorting Hat, There Was the ‘Medieval Space Bonnet’

James Bond’s Jetpack Escape in ‘Thunderball’ Almost Didn’t Happen#military #militaryhistory #army #filmlocations #movies #moviesets #film #artifacts #collections #exhibit #airships #aircraft #spycraft #jamesbond #objectsofintrigue #section-Articles
James Bond’s Jetpack Escape in ‘Thunderball’ Almost Didn’t Happen

When Broadway was a broad way and Wall Street was a wall.#blackhistory #nativeamericans #islands #dutch #strangemaps #newyorkcity #maps #objectsofintrigue #section-Articles
This New York City Map Is Full of Dutch Secrets

The Tale of the Mad Stone, the One-Time 'Cure' for Rabies

Before vaccines, pseudoscientific folks remedies for the deadly virus involved mysterious animal-vegetable-mineral hybrids.#objectsofintrigue #dogs #history #disease #folklore #stone #medicine #eeriefeeling #columns #section-Articles
The Tale of the Mad Stone, the One-Time 'Cure' for Rabies

A Peek Inside a 'Scam Manual' Written to Help Immigrants Avoid Becoming Victims

Early 20th-century migrants from Europe had to be on their guard against marriage brokers, card sharps, ghost mediums, and more.#objectsofintrigue #collections #books #immigration #crime #hustlers&heists #columns #section-Articles
A Peek Inside a 'Scam Manual' Written to Help Immigrants Not Become Victims

The Victorian Ladies Who Smuggled a Mummy Case Out of Egypt#objectsofintrigue #theft #heists #victorian #mummies #section-Articles
The Victorian Ladies Who Smuggled a Mummy Case Out of Egypt

For Sale: A Mouse-Infested Roman Helmet That's Stumping Historians

Are the mysterious mice adorning this 1,800-year-old helmet part of an ancient joke?#puns #history #archaeology #rodents #armor #artifacts #objectsofintrigue #war #mystery #forsale #roman #section-Articles
For Sale: A Mouse-Infested Roman Helmet That's Stumping Historians

These Tiny Baroque Prints Once Served as Edible Prayers#catholic #foodhistory #christianity #symbolicfoods #objectsofintrigue #section-Articles
These Tiny Baroque Prints Once Served as Edible Prayers

One Man's Fight to Preserve Pakistan's Perfect Cooking Pot

The gorkon is a marvel of heat retention that's at risk of disappearing.#stew #foodhistory #objectsofintrigue #forgottenfoods #section-Articles
One Man's Fight to Preserve Pakistan's Perfect Cooking Pot

And what it took to save the iconic film prop for a new exhibit—hint: lots of steam.#music #movies #moviesets #film #restoration #wigs #hair #museumsandcollections #museums #secretlivesofmuseums #objectsofintrigue #section-Articles
How John Waters Exploded Velma Von Tussle’s ‘Hairspray’ Wig

Scotland's Oldest Tartan Rose From a Peat Bog

The 400-year-old fabric extends the iconic pattern's history in Scotland by over a century.#objectsofintrigue #museums #exhibit #history #scotland #wool #fashion #textiles #section-Articles
Scotland's Oldest Tartan Rose From a Peat Bog

From "unabridged" to "slanguage," Madeline Kripke's library is a logophile's heaven (or hell).#objectsofintrigue #books #linguistics #language #collections #libraries #section-Articles
The Low Down on the Greatest Dictionary Collection in the World

The Digital Florentine Codex’s three languages and thousands of hand-painted illustrations provide a window into culture, war, and daily life.#objectsofintrigue #colonialism #records #war #history #indigenous #mexico #aztec #section-Articles
A 500-Year-Old Record of the Aztec Empire Comes to Life

Unearthing Gems in a Massive Archive of Rock Star Interviews#objectsofintrigue #history&culture #history #newspapers #libraries #collections #archive #musichistory #music #section-Articles
Unearthing Gems in a Massive Archive of Rock Star Interviews

The Mammoth Bone in Warsaw, Poland

A massive mammoth bone has been on display inside this church since the 18th century.#architecture #18thcentury #palaces #history #fossils #objectsofintrigue #churches #bones #mammoths #section-Atlas
The Mammoth Bone

The live, jewel-encrusted beetles called maquechs are tied to an ancient legend, but some worry for their future.#objectsofintrigue #tradition #animals #legends #mayan #jewels #beetle #insects #section-Articles
The Living, Breathing Broaches of the Yucatán

The Anti-Monopoly Board Game That Promoted a 'Soviet America'

In 1934, American Communists translated a Stalinist book about revolution into a children’s game. Curiously, it didn't catch on.#objectsofintrigue #politics #thesovietimprint #communism #soviethistory #games #history #section-Articles
The Anti-Monopoly Board Game That Promoted a 'Soviet America'

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