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Aug 11th
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This is Morill Hall, located in the heart of Lincoln, Nebraska. Here you can find a large collection of the Mammoth remains that have been found all across Nebraska, as well as a variety of sea critters as Nebraska used to be under water in the Late Cretaceous period.

 

 

Various Fossils

 

 

 

 

 

 

All of these fossils were found in Nebraska over the last century found by various different people digging about in their yards and paleontologists.

 

 

 

Ancient Turtle of the late Cretaceous Period, about 85 Million years old.

Weapons Throughout the Ages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If fossils aren’t really your thing, they also feature a collection of different weapons from throughout the ages. You can find ancient clubs from Kiribati the sovereign nation in Micronesia, or old rifles used back during the Civil War era here in the United States.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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About 80 km East of Prague is the village of Kutna Hora. During the Black Death of the 1300s there were piles of bodies deposited at the Cemetery Church,with almost no one to bury them.

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Archeologists uncovering skeletons outside the church.

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Years later , with so many bones lying about, a local priest came up with a creative way to adorn the church.

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Neatly stacked femur and shin bones, with smiling skulls in the middle.

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Spirit of Christ.

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Holy Insignia.

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Death Not In Vain.

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Rich and Poor, All Alike In The End.

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Less Bleached.

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Felled By The Plague 800 Years Ago.