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a man standing on top of a cliff next to a waterfall in the middle of nowhere

Illustration by Gustave Dore 1832-1883 French artist and illustrator for Paradise Lost by John Milton Book IX lines 74 and 75 Credit © UIG History / Science & Society Picture Library -- All rights reserved.

an old black and white drawing of people in front of a church

Plague Art Middle Ages

Catacombs Map

Great Plague Of London

The Black Plague

October Writing Prompts

October Writing

Medieval Battlefield Aftermath

Black Plague

Bird Beaks

Filling a mass grave at night during the Plague of London, c 1665. Engraving, possibly 19th century, showing a group of men with torches in a churchyard, preparing to empty the contents of a covered cart into the ‘Great Pit’ in Aldgate. Credit © Science Museum / Science & Society Picture Library -- All rights reserved.

Will Thomas with an unidentified 'spirit', c 1920. A photograph of Will Thomas, taken by William Hope (1863-1933). A man's face appears in a haze of drapery on the right of the photograph. Hope's spirit album photographs use double and even triple exposure techniques to render the appearance of ghostly apparitions around the sitter. Credit © National Museum of Photography, Film & Television / Science & Society Picture Library -- All rights reserved.

three bats are flying in the air above water and land, while another bat is sitting on its back

Full Page of illustrations of bats. Full Page of illustrations of bats. Book: The Cyclopaedia; or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature. Abraham Rees, D.D.F.R.S.F.L.S.S. Credit © Science Museum / Science & Society Picture Library -- All rights reserved.

an old calendar with a skeleton dressed in red

Historical Characters

Historical Maps

The Capuchin monastery, Palermo, Sicily, c 1925. A snapshot photograph of mummies in the catacombs of the Capuchin monastery at Palermo, Sicily, taken by an unknown photographer in about 1925 Credit © Kodak Collection/National Media Museum / Science & Society Picture Library -- All rights reserved.

an old man with white hair is laying on the ground and holding his hands out in front of him

Fiji Mermaid

Mermaids Exist

Walrus And The Carpenter

Curiosities And Oddities

'Merman', Javanese or Dutch, 1801-1900

'Merman', Javanese or Dutch, 1801-1900 This ‘merman’ is a composite model formed of parts of different animals. It creates an imaginary beast often called a chimera.This example is either Dutch or Javanese and examples of such beings were sought after in Britain by wealthy gentlemen. c. Science Museum

an old black and white photo of a man sitting at a table

Holographic Projection

'Ghost' projected during a stage performance, late 19th century. If viewed from certain angles, glass on its own can act as a mirror. In the past this was used to create 'ghosts' on stage. Credit © Science Museum / Science & Society Picture Library -- All rights reserved.

an old black and white photo of people standing in front of gravestones with umbrellas

Henry Clerval Frankenstein

Yorktown Battlefield

Yorkshire Moors Wuthering Heights

Post Mortem Photographs Victorian Era

English Poets

21 September

Old Burying Point Cemetery

Large Crowd

Photographic Artist

Crowd by the Caedmon Cross, Whitby, 1898. Photograph by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (1853-1941) of a large crowd gathered in the graveyard of St Mary's Church on the East Cliff at Whitby, North Yorkshire. The cross was erected on 21 September 1898 to commemorate Caedmon, the first English poet. Credit © National Museum of Photography, Film & Television / Science & Society Picture Library -- All rights reserved.