relics

Lipstick gun and umbrella with a poison syringe among Soviet spy relics up for auction

by

An incredible collection of Cold War relics, including a number of Soviet disguised weapons, is set to be sold at auction – and is expected to sell for £365,000. Historian and collector Julius Urbaitis, 57, who worked as the consultant on the HBO series Chernobyl, amassed the remarkable group of gadgets over a 30-year period, … Read more

Bronze Age cultures kept and curated human remains as relics over several generations, study finds 

by

Bronze Age people had a tradition of retaining and curating human remains as relics, and they’d keep them for several generations, a new study has found. A team from the University of Bristol used radiocarbon dating and CT scans on Bronze Age discoveries found throughout the UK dating back 4,500 years.  Among the discoveries were … Read more