The woman who photographed Chernobyl like X-rays

A haunting daguerreotype, generously endowed Priapus statue, and more. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. December 06, 2019 Making the Invisible Visible When Brazilian artist Alice Miceli photographed Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, she placed radiographic film plates used for chest X-rays on the ground, windows, and trees. She was determined to capture the unseen. The resulting images are unexpected and don’t follow any predictable patterns. Read More → Found: A Haunting Daguerreotype This antebellum photograph, believed to date back to the 1850s, is the oldest-known image of enslaved people with cotton, the commodity that they were forced to harvest. Read more → Barcelona, Spain A Generously Endowed Priapus Statue A minor fertility god in Greek and Roman mythology, Priapus was a symbol of health and fertility, so it was not unusual to find frescos or sculptures depicting him in people’s homes like this one. Read more → Atlas Obscura Trips Holiday Offer: Santa Fe Art On this immersive art experience, we’ll go behind the scenes in artist studios, meditate inside a hand-carved cave, traverse O’Keeffe’s Ghost Ranch, and expand our psyches in the House of Eternal Return. With insider access provided by our local guide, we’ll explore the flourishing art scene, intriguing cultural heritage, and more. Hurry, refer a friend to join you and you’ll both receive $250 off if you book before December 31st! Learn more → History-Changing Tomahawk A late-19th-century tomahawk signed by Stranger Horse, a young Lakota leader, features an engraving of the U.S. Army lieutenant Caspar Collins. The weapon offers new insight into one of the few Native American victories in the American Indian Wars. Read more → Luxor, Egypt The ‘Sistine Chapel of Egypt’ The Tomb of Nefertari is filled with vivid colors that give visitors a clear idea of what some of the tombs and temples in the area looked like during antiquity and houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt. Read more → Saguache, Colorado Mysterious Memorial High above the small Rocky Mountain town of Saguache, Colorado, is a mysterious memorial devoted to the forgotten soldiers and civilians from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, France, and other nations who secretly fought alongside America during the war in Vietnam. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222