Friday, September 27, 2013

Curious History Best Post Links for August, 2013

Curious History’s (odditiesoflife) Top Ten Posts for August, 2013
  1. Incredible 3D Drawing Illusions  -  48,403 Notes
  2. Ten Best Storybook Cottages Around the World  -  46,383
  3. Abandoned Cottages Overtaken by Animals  -  24,203
  4. Architect Student Converts Bus into Luxury Home  -  23,803
  5. Creepy Art in Abandoned Psychiatric Hospitals  -  14,064
  6. The Ancient Town of Fenghuang, China  -  11,400
  7. The Strangest Spiders Ever  -  10,234
  8. The Haunting Hill of Crosses, Lithuania  -  10,108
  9. Incredibly Elaborate Miniature Fairy Castle  -  10,069
  10. Finding Gold in Nature  -  10,014
Each item in the list is directly linked to the post in case you missed it or would like to see it again without searching.

Curious History's Best Post Links for July, 2013

Curious History’s (odditiesoflife) Top Ten Posts for July, 2013
  1. Life in the Woods - 20,678 notes
  2. The Abandoned Sanzhi UFO Houses - 11,274
  3. Growing Your Own Bridge - 10,696
  4. Rare Ethiopian Opals - 10,647
  5. The Case of Emilie Sagée & her Doppelgänger - 10,487
  6. The Amazing Colored Petrified Forest - 10,148
  7. Poveglia Island - Haunted, Abandoned & Terrifying - 9,348
  8. The Butterfly of the Sea - 6,277
  9. Becoming One With Nature - 6,005
  10. Underwater Secrets of the Ancient Maya - 5,003
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Monday, July 8, 2013

Top Posts for Curious History!

Curious History’s (odditiesoflife) Top Ten Posts for June, 2013

The following links will take you to the most popular posts for the month of June. Curious History had an excellent month. Or come and see what is new at Curious History.com!
  1. Devil’s Bridge - 61,675  Reblogs & Likes
  2. The Astonishing Annual Red Crab Migration - 41,517
  3. Abandoned Enchantment - 29,153
  4. Montaña Mágica Lodge (Magic Mountain Lodge) - 28,095
  5. Dreams in Blue - 23,927
  6. Mount Roraima - 21,280
  7. Abandoned (Haunted) Hotel in Colombia - 15,954
  8. Living Plant Sculptures - 13,044
  9. Moving Through Color - 12,157
                1. The Ancient Ones: Oldest Living Organisms - 10,361

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Star Trails in Australia




Many photographers like to experiment with long exposure photography techniques, but an Australian Lincoln Harrison gives a new definition to the word “long”. The 37-year-old Victorian showcases a portfolio of mesmerizing long exposure star trail photography, with some of his photo shoots taking up to 15 hours. The photos are made at his personal favorite spot over Lake Eppalock, in the Australian outback.

The star swirls are the result of the rotation of the Earth, and makes you think you’re witnessing the stars traveling across the sky. “With no buildings for miles, the sky is so clear and it’s amazing to be able to capture the beauty of the night’s sky on camera,” says Lincoln.

Monday, December 10, 2012

Ancient Dentistry - A Tooth Extraction



The drawing shows us an expert, sitting behind the patient lying, extracting a tooth and helped by two assistants. The man on the left pokes fire with bellows, and the other on the right, holds fire with a grip near the “dentist”.

Charaf-ed-Din (1404-1468) left us his famous Chirurgie of Ilkhani, an ancient dental manuscript, written and illustrated by him in 1465. This Turkish manuscript of ancient dentistry is preserved at the BNF (National Library of France).