Myths and Monsters
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In October 1872, Captain Benjamin Briggs was busy preparing for his maiden voyage on board the newly refitted Mary Celeste. He and the other members of the consortium, including James H. Winchester who was the main shareholder, had paid out $10,000 (approx. $265,000 today) to drastically increase her size and add a new deck. His
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Ta-sekhet-ma’at, translating to ‘The Great Field’, is known to us today as the Valley of the Kings. Here, on November 26th, 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter would be the first person to look upon the tomb of Tutankhamun in over 3000 years. ‘With trembling hands I made a tiny breach in the upper left-hand corner. Darkness
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