R.I.P. you genius you. 29 years ago today…

Wadi us-Salaam, which literally means the Valley of Peace, is an Islamic cemetery located in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq. The cemetery covers an area of 1485.5 acres and contains millions of bodies, making it one of the strongest contender for the title of the largest graveyard on earth. Najaf itself is one of Iraq’s biggest cities, with a population of nearly 600,000. But the adjoining city of the dead holds the remains of millions, stretching for up to 10km along the valley. Wadi Al-Salam cemetery is also the only cemetery in the world where the process of burial is still continuing to day since more than 1,400 years.

The illustrations from this 18^th century text are both beautiful and intensely disturbing. They come from a time when science was separating superstition from medical practice with the development of teratology, the study of deformities — but retained the unfortunate word “monster” as a medical term.

Superman or Nietzschean Superman? José Quintero‘s Allegorical Superheroes series places costumed superheroes in philosophical or mythological scenes.

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OK, not really, but dayum!!!

DeviantART member sp00ntaneous carves these amusing forms by hand. Link

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Because it never gets old…!

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Familiar with tattoo artist Brittany Elliott? No? Well, she’s on the reality TV show BEST INK season II. And while she’s slightly annoying and probably won’t win the competition, she is pretty talented and hot, and wears really tight spandex pants all the time, so that’s not a bad thing….! No revealing pics of her online, but maybe she’ll read this here post on CONSPIRAPORN and rectify that situation, by golly…!