killed by the sun

Ah, you left me, cruel valentine!

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New Orleans cemetery swamped with floodwater from hurricane Katrina. (via)

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The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (detail). By Rembrandt, 1632

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gold angel pins

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La venganza de Leda / Leda’s revenge by Emilia Castañeda

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die | dir en grey

credits to /www.kaoru-die.com/genki/

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Natura Morta Macabra by Jacopo Ligozzi 1604

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A stunning dagger with a Jade grip and gold quillons, both studded with rubies, possibly Istanbul, Turkey, ca. 1550-1600, housed at the Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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Samuel Beckett, from The Complete Dramatic Works; “Endgame,”

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Rembrandt van Rijn - Lucretia, detail

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CASTALIA-Roberto Ferri, 40x30cm, 2018.

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Allegory of Pneuma or Divine Breath, 1750-1800.

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Antique Journals

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Do-It-Yourself Coffins by Dale Power, 1997

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Set of three Coiled Snakes, Bronze, possibly Spain or Germany, 1570-1629, detail. © The Wallace Collection

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Paris Catacombs

Built in the late 18th century, these subterranean tunnels now house the remains of over 6 million people. Mass graveyards were overflowing in Paris, so bodies were exhumed and transported there. During WWII, the Resistance used portions of the Catacombs as hideouts, even Nazis built bunkers down there.

There are tour guides given for the portion of the catacombs that are open to the public, though there are numerous secret passages and entrances throughout. If you take a tour guide, one of the first signs you will see reads “Arrête, c’est ici l’empire de la mort” which means Stop, this is the empire of death.

Though only about a mile of the catacombs is open to the public, it doesn’t stop people from sneaking in. People are advised against that as even experts get lost because a lot of the tunnels are not mapped. There is a legend of a man named Philibert Aspairt who got lost in the catacombs in 1793. His body was found 11 years after his death and its said that it was near an exit.

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Minuet - Photogravure - Frank Eugene - c. 1910