A back-alley Beirut poster shop remembers the Middle East as Old Hollywood saw it

The 'Emerald Path,' Museum of Memories, and an old salad cookbook. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. August 15, 2019 Middle Eastern Movie Posters A shop hidden in a back alley in Beirut is covered in vintage movie posters that once plastered the streets from the 1920s to the 1970s. The posters, in addition to their lurid stereotypes, observe the changing tides of politics and beliefs through the lens of cinema. Read More → COOKSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA The ‘Emerald Path’ Locals call this magical moss-covered walkway in Pennsylvania’s Cook Forest State Park the "Emerald Path." Read more → Old Salad Cookbook A 1699 guide to the joys of vegetarian living—complete with preparation instructions, a seasonal calendar for herbs and vegetables, and pithy, philosophical asides—is now up for auction and is expected to sell for at least $1,000. Read more → Video Museum of Memories When the dust settled after a seven-day war in 1971, the border village of Hundarman Broqvillage, once a part of Pakistan's territory, was incorporated into India, making those who stayed Indian citizens overnight—with no way to cross the border. One man, Mohd Ilyas Ansari, founded the Museum of Memories to remember those divided families in India and Pakistan. Learn more → Cleaned-Up Woodstock The true glory of Woodstock is that they managed to clean up so well. However, 50 years later, archaeologists are finding important evidence left over from the landmark festival. Read more → High Altitude Living Because of its less abundant oxygen levels, many scientists believed that the high plateaus in Tibet and Ethiopia were not settled by humans. However, a recent discovery revealed that Pleistocene humans inhabited a rock shelter in the Bale Mountains in central Ethiopia between 30,000 and 47,000 years ago. Read more → MEYBOD, IRAN Yakhchāls These ancient structures were used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia. Read more → From our friends at Curiosity Aztec Death Whistle In 1999, a 20-year-old sacrificial victim clutching a death whistle was discovered by archaeologists. He was found in a temple to the wind god Ehecatl in Tlatelolco, Mexico, suggesting to some scholars that the whistles were meant to evoke the howling wind. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222