Rome, Athens, Egypt…It seems people like to look at buildings and stuff that’s ancient and falling apart. Well, what will people be looking at generations from now?
Category Life and Death
Ritual Sacrifice of Children on Rise in Uganda
JINJA, Uganda — Caroline Aya was playing in front of her house in January when a neighbor put a cloth over her mouth and fled with her.
A couple of days later, the 8-year-old’s body was found a short walk away — with her tongue cut out. Police believe she was offered up as a human sacrifice in a ritual killing, thought to bring wealth or health.
“If it is a sickness you try to treat it, and if they die that is one thing,” said Caroline’s father, Balluonzima Christ. “But when you slaughter a person like a goat, that is not easy.”
The Most Beautiful Suicide
Breathtaking Photos of “Play with Fire”
“Don’t play with fire!” that’s what we have been told since we were kids. Maybe this is why we could be easily shocked by the performance of the play of fire. We can’t help wondering: does it burn the performers’ mouths or lips? Does it hurt? The combination of the beauty of the scene and the wonders in our head makes the performance.
10 Famously Reclusive Artists and Authors
Because of her vivacious career as an iconic pin-up model and performance artist, many from the current generation are shocked to find out that the fun and flirty Bettie Page spent decades wallowing in obscurity and reclusiveness. A victim of depression and schizophrenia, she retreated into herself following her meteoric ascent as a famous model, actress, and burlesque dancer that ended abruptly in 1957. Some attribute it to her conversion to Christianity, others to the obscenity trials that branded the erotic photography and videos as offensive material (though most of it would of course be considered PG-13 by today’s standards), still others to her failing mental health.
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