Stephanie Fernandes

ancient-serpent:

Hendrick Goltzius - “Cadmus Slays the Dragon” (1573 - 1617), detail

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A crow tucks a little boy into bed.

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Patricia Piccinini 
The Surrogate 
from her nature’s little helpers series

The giant golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus), also known as the golden-capped fruit bat, is a rare megabat  and one of the largest bats in the world. The species is endangered and is currently facing the possibility of extinction because of poaching and forest destruction. It is endemic to forests in the Philippines.

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Present family name: CERNA
Forename: BARBORA
Date of birth: 9 December 1972 (38 years old)
Place of birth: PRAGUE, Czech Republic
Nationality: Czech Republic
Categories of Offences: FRAUD
Arrest Warrant Issued by: DISTRICT COURT IN PRAGUE 10 / Czech Republic, the Municipal Court in Prague / Czech Republic

http://www.interpol.int/public/Data/Wanted/Notices/Data/2010/25/2010_9825.asp

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Hieronymus Bosch, Le Jugement Dernier (après 1482), Détail.

the beloved lion of grippsholm, sweden

the result of a taxidermist who had never seen a lion

Wax model of a decomposing body in a walnut coffin, Italy, 1774-1800

The body in this wooden coffin is in a severe state of decomposition. It may have had two purposes: as ‘memento mori’, a reminder of death, or as a teaching aid. The figure is surrounded by three frogs. Frogs are symbols of rebirth and regeneration because they change so much in their lifetimes. Wax modelling was used in Europe to create religious effigies. From the 1600s, they were also used to teach anatomy. The creation of wax anatomical models, centred in Italy, was based on observing real corpses. The museum known as La Specola, or ‘the observatory’, in Florence was famous for its wax collection.

postcard from Colas, Cognac, Charente.

Researchers are delving into the mystery surrounding two 3,000-year-old skeletons which appear to be made up of at least six different people who died hundreds of years apart.

The researchers now believe that large extended families, living under one roof, may have shared their homes with the mummified remains of their dead ancestors, before deliberately putting the bodies together to look like single corpses – possibly in an attempt to demonstrate the uniting of different families.

Professor Mike Parker Pearson, an archaeologist at University College London who led the research, said: “It looks like these individuals had been cut up and put back together to look like one person.”

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Story: Richard Gray, The Telegraph | Photo: The Telegraph