It's in the bones: portrait of a witchdoctor
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MTUBATUBA, South Africa  - Philisiwe Zulu was 51 when she got the call from the spirits of her ancestors.
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Maybe it comes of too much exposure to the forensic specialists who slice, sniff, and sort through &quot;CSI&quot; and its serial television variations. But it is apparent that, when building a case, even in a book, a whole body is more informative than a skeleton, and a whole skeleton beats a partial one.
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A spectator with an especially intimate view of human evolution is beginning to tell its story and has so far divulged two quite unexpected findings.
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A 20th century witch, a black murder victim, a punk icon and Queen Victoria have all found their place in a major publication chronicling the lives of people who have left their mark on society.
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Arts & entertainment: Lyn Gardner braves seances and the Red Death in a sneak preview of Punchdrunk's new show.
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Roberta Maxwell is so magnificent as an aged sculptor in âThe Shape of Metalâ that itâs easy to see why she would have been drawn to this ramshackle work.
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The ground-level reality of show-business magic is the ability to spin a spellbinding yarn anytime, anywhere. Elaine Stritch has it at her fingertips.
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A physician's arresting debut short-story collection sheds light on the dark corners of doctoringâand tells good tales in the bargain
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Vince Wilson sets out to prove and explain the existence of ghosts with an arsenal of poltergeek gear. By Chris Suellentrop from Wired magazine.
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Life is short, and YouTube is long, but this may be just about my favorite clip up there. Itâs an interview with the rumbling Goth rocker Glenn Danzig, clearly from early in his career (heâs now in his 50s), in which he takes readers on a guided tour of his spooky book collection. This is like [...].
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In âBreakthrough?â you see the bones of a dance based on inscrutable gestures and tasks, with the lone man, set against a society of playful, seductive women.
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The White Witch, portrayed by Nancy Litton, speaks to visitors Dec. 1 at St. James Episcopal Church about her role in the book 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,' by C.S. Lewis.
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The Whitney Museum's show, a mad scientists' fair of screwball contraptions, provides a fresh riff on body art.
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Anthropologists are not often giddy with excitement, but the unearthing of the skeleton of a meter-tall female who hunted pygmy elephants and giant rats 18,000 years ago has them whooping with delight the finding of another piece of the puzzle of the
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Since ancient times people have marked their bodies as a form of cultural spiritualism. A new book of photographs looks at tattoos, scarification, and other traditional and modern body markings in more than 30 countries. Photo gallery included.
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By Sandy Bauers, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Jun. 21--As soon as he viewed the photo -- those fanglike teeth, like something out of a horror movie -- John Lundberg knew what the mystery creature was.
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Si tratterebbe di una suora di un ospedale psichiatrico