Investigating Scandinavia’s ancient Battle Axe Culture

Rwanda's gorilla naming ceremony, a parade float museum, and more. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. October 22, 2019 Battle Axe Culture In 1959, a 4,500-year-old family and their battle ax turned up in Linköping, Sweden, during an archaeological investigation. The findings were an early look at a Neolithic group that came to be known as the Battle Axe Culture. And now DNA analysis is providing insight into the arrival, dispersal, and interrelations of these ancient Scandinavians. Read More → Quaggas, Ibises, and Tapirs, Oh My! In a dreamy, single-page chart issued around 1854, 75 creatures and plants from around the world share a single pastoral scene. The idea wasn’t entirely fantasy, but rather part of a 19th-century acclimatization frenzy that aimed to vastly expand the variety of species in France and beyond. Read more → Gorilla Naming Ceremony Every September, thousands gather in Rwanda to celebrate Kwita Izina, a naming ceremony for new baby mountain gorillas. The celebration is modeled after an ancestral tradition used for human babies and aimed at raising conservation awareness. Read more → Community Unforgettable Infrastructures If you happen to be strolling along the beaches of Sidi Ifni, Morocco, you’re sure to see the remains of abandoned sea cable cars once used to ferry passengers and goods between the shallow Moroccan shore and ships. This is just one example of the unforgettable infrastructures that exist across the globe. Tell us about the ones that are now etched into your memory. Share now → SKIBBEREEN, IRELAND Irish Sky Garden Shaped like a bowl and half reclaimed by nature, this Irish structure features a central stone plinth reminiscent of ancient Celtic and Egyptian altars. Read more → DOCHULA, BHUTAN Meditation Caves Tucked into the hills just outside of Bhutan’s Dochula Pass, these small sanctuaries were once used by monks and nuns to meditate and achieve enlightenment. At first resembling Hobbit homes, these tiny open-faced caverns are built from stone and painted in colorful Buddhist symbolism. Read more → From our friends at Curiosity ‘Alaskan Triangle’ Thousands of people have mysteriously disappeared when traveling through the largely unexplored wilderness of Alaska’s ‘Bermuda Triangle,’ the area stretching from Barrow on the state’s north coast to Anchorage and Juneau across the southern coast. But why? Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222