The Famous Layered Jewish Cemetery in Prague
There was a problem in the segregated Jewish ghetto of 15th century Prague: there were more people dying than there was land to bury them.
The solution? They were buried on top of one another. Here’s the unique story of the layered burial of the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague, Czech Republic:
Over the centuries, there has been close to 12 layers of people buried within the confines of the Old Jewish cemetery. It has been estimated that there are approximately 12,000 tombstones presently visible and there may be as many as 100,000 burials in all.
From the Upcoming 
ueue, submitted by 
Comment (7)
Permalink
Please share:  email
this 
|
| Neatorama Shop » Scientists Do It ... T-Shirts | |
 |
|
| Möbius Does It On The Same Side | See more Scientists
Do It T-Shirts » 
|
Mongolian Death Worm Attacks Prague
Polish Czech artist EPOS257 created this street art exhibition in Prague featuring the Orghoi khorkhoi, or the Mongolian Death Worm.
For those of you who are blessedly unaware, the Mongolian death worm is the fiercest creature ever to come out of the Gobi Desert. And just how fierce is the worm? Well, let’s put it like this: it kills by spewing forth sulfuric acid and discharging electricity. (Graboids, anyone?)
Link – via Wooster Collective
|
Comment (8)
Permalink
Please share: email
this
|
Missouri Family Christmas Photo Turns Up in Czech Ad
As if we needed further proof of the vast reaches of the internet, and the frightening reality that what people put on the net stays on the net, comes the story of the Smith family of St. Louis.
Danielle Smith had taken a photo of her family last year and sent it to friends, as well as posted it on social networking sites. The photo shows her and her husband holding two kids.
About 10 days ago, one of Smith’s college friends was driving through Prague when he spotted their huge smiling faces in the window of a store specializing in European food. He snapped a few pictures and sent them to a flabbergasted Smith.
“It’s a life-size picture in a grocery store window in Prague — my Christmas card photo!” said Smith, 36, who lives in the St. Louis suburb of O’Fallon.
Mario Bertuccio, who owns the Grazie store in Prague, said the photo was from the Internet. Details were sparse, but he said he thought it was computer-generated. When told it was a real photo — of a real family — he said he started taking steps to remove it.
“We’ll be happy to write an e-mail with our apology,” said Bertuccio, who said he would send the Smiths a bottle of good wine if they lived in his eastern European country.
The Smiths and photographer Gina Kelly hadn’t authorized anyone to use the pictures. Kelly said she has asked a professional photographers’ organization to help figure out how her image wound up in Prague.
From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by 
|
Comment (13)
Permalink
Please share: email
this
|
Petrin Tower Panorama
Prague Skyline from Petrin Tower – Gigapixel in Prague
Panoramic photographer Jeffrey Martin of 360 Cities took this 2 gigapixel panorama stitched together from "a few hundreds shots" taken with a camera with a 70 mm zoom lens, handheld from the windows of the Petrin Tower in Prague.
To get a full appreciation of the panorama, first zoom out by pressing CTRL on your keyboard, then zoom back in by pressing SHIFT – Thanks Jeffrey!
|
Comment (7)
Permalink
Please share: email
this
|
Have You Seen This Dog?
Photo: OneCelledCreature [Flickr]
From the distance, this looks just like your average missing dog poster, but take a closer look …
- via OneCelledCreature [Flickr]
From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by 
|
Comment (26)
Permalink
Please share: email
this
|
| Neatorama Shop » I Love Science T-Shirts | |
 |
|
| I Love Teuthology | See more I
Love Science T-Shirts »
|
Barriers
From Prague, Czech Republic: If you want to promote the slogan “Europe Without Barriers”, what better place to put it than on some police barriers? Link -Thanks, Jeff!
|
Comment (8)
Permalink
Please share: email
this
|
-
Your purchase helps support the blog - Thank you!
