How Scholars Cracked a Medieval Alchemist’s Secret Code Written in a puzzling Latin cipher, it contains his formula for eternal life.

I can't decide whether a recipe for immortality would be a good or a bad thing right now. In any event, it's a cool sidebar to the legendary feats of Elizabethan alchemist #JohnDee and medically minded son Arthur. Lots of #musecrack here. :D www.atlasobscura.com/articles/med...

The Blue Lights of Creevykeel Court Tomb - Historic Mysteries Creevykeel Court Tomb is a cursed Neolithic site. Ghosts haunt its stones, said to be the resting place of giants, and strange lights have been seen at night.

A little Celtic magic--and spirits--for your Tuesday #musecrack, complete with graves, spectral hares, and blue lights. Enjoy! www.historicmysteries.com/archaeology/...

Inside Montréal’s ‘Dream and Nightmare Laboratory’ In a century-old hospital, a team of “dream engineers” investigates the science of uneasy sleep.

A little #musecrack to brighten your Tuesday: Montreal's Dream and Nightmare Laboratory: www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ins... #dreams #dreamengineers #nightmares

Porta Alchemica: The Mysterious Portal of Rome An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

On a happier and weirder note, your Monday #musecrack is the Porta Alchemica, a door to nowhere in a Roman park that has a history of magic, royalty and murder. Don't say I never shared anything fun. ;-) www.atlasobscura.com/places/porta... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porta_A...

Is That a Panda? Or a Dog in Disguise? Zoos around the world have occasionally used a little dye, or just brazenness, to pass off one animal as another.

Your Tuesday #MuseCrack. There are soooo many stories here, 90 percent of them funny. Thankfully. (Gifted article, so there shouldn't be a paywall.) #zoos #pandas #dogs #goats #unicorns #rubbersnakes www.nytimes.com/2024/10/01/w...

Psychic Archeology, Or How to Dig Up the Dead With Their Own Advice Frederick Bligh Bond resorted to psychic archeology because he didn't have permission to dig up the ruins of England's legendary Glastonbury Abbey. At least...

And now for your Monday #musecrack: psychic investigations at #GlastonburyAbbey that actually helped the #archaeology. www.atlasobscura.com/articles/psy...

How the Alchemist of New England Became a Legendary Counterfeiter Glazier Wheeler turned his skill for manipulating silver into profitable schemes.

A little Friday #musecrack to start your weekend right: How the #Alchemist of New England Became a #Counterfeiter. Enjoy! www.atlasobscura.com/articles/alc...

Some #musecrack for the Friday after the 4th: the life highlights of a real life sorcerer. I particularly like the idea of #AleisterCrowley chilling in a white clapboard cabin in #New Hampshire www.atlasobscura.com/articles/6-p...

For the Ancient Maya, Cracked Mirrors Were a Portal to the World Beyond Nobles of the powerful Mesoamerican civilization conjured gods and ancestors in rituals centered around the objects.

More Friday #musecrack: The #Mayans had a different view of what happened when the mirror crack'd. (See what I did there, @ginikoch.bsky.social. 🤣) www.atlasobscura.com/articles/may...

A little Friday #musecrack. The article is shared, so no paywall. Enjoy! www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/a...

Your Monday #musecrack: #AphraBehn as spy. Enjoy! crimereads.com/aphra-behn-e...

A little Sunday #MuseCrack, with bonus #Romans, for the fans of #SplatRat, the Chicago Rat Hole, from @amayor.bsky.social. Enjoy! slate.com/news-and-pol...

A little #musecrack for your Martin Luther King Birthday Monday. Enjoy! www.atlasobscura.com/places/ifc-c...

More Monday #musecrack: a #haunted #library covered with mysterious figures. Yep, great story fodder--especially since it looks so dark and grim. :D www.atlasobscura.com/places/la-ca...