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General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and MuseumsThe Hermes head is believed to be roughly 1,900 years old. During excavations in the ancient Greek city of Laodicea, located in present-day Turkey, archaeologists found themselves face-to-face with a familiar figure: the head of Hermes, a god worshipped by both the Greeks and Romans. The Hermes statue head, expertly carved and believed to be roughly 1,900 years old, likely once adorned an important civic building in Laodicea. The discovery of the artifact underlines the regional power of Laodicea, which is believed to have been one of the most important ancient cities in Turkeys Lycus Valley.The 1,900-Year-Old Hermes Head Found In LaodiceaAccording to a social media post from Turkeys General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums, the Hermes statue head was found during excavations overseen by Turkeys Ministry of Culture and Tourism as part of the countrys Heritage for the Future initiative. Archaeologists located the artifact in the entrance corridor of the Laodiceas bouleuterion, a public building where a civilian council met to discuss the issues of the day. General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and MuseumsThe Hermes head was found near the citys bouleuterion, suggesting that it once adorned this important civic building.Based on the style of the Hermes head, a Hermes Andros depiction, experts believe that it dates to the second century C.E. It was expertly carved out of white marble from the ancient city of Dokimeion (present-day scehisar), and archaeologists marveled at the fine details of its eyes, curls, and facial features. But the statue is more than an astounding piece of art. Its placement, outside an important civic center in Laodicea, is also a nod to the citys prominence in the ancient world. The Importance Of Laodicea In AntiquityA. Savin/Wikimedia CommonsRuins in the ancient city of Laodicea, once a bustling metropolis in present-day Turkey.Founded in the third century B.C.E. as a Hellenistic city, Laodicea reached its heyday during the Roman period. During that time, its population soared to an estimated 80,000, and its citizens enjoyed the amenities that came with living in a powerful Roman city. Wealthy from trade, banking, and textiles, Laodicea had baths, stadiums, theaters, and administrative complexes, like the bouleuterion. And its citizens, flush with wealth, were enamored with Greek art. As such, monuments with Greek influence were built in the city. The Hermes statue seems to be one example of this admiration. Hermes, the herald god of Greeks and Romans who represented messengers, travelers, thieves, and merchants, was also linked to ideas of communication and diplomacy. Thus, the placement of his statue near the entrance of the bouleuterion, a place of civic discussion and decision-making, was apt. Its also indicative of Laodiceas wealth, embrace of contemporary artistic trends, and cultural importance in the Lycus Valley. Basak/Wikimedia CommonsAn impressive ancient theater in Laodicea, another indication of the citys wealth and power in antiquity. Indeed, the city was so wealthy that it minted its own coins, which depicted Zeus, Asclepius, Apollo, and, later, Roman emperors. After a devastating earthquake in 60 C.E., which virtually destroyed the city, its citizens even rejected financial aid from the Roman emperor Nero, seemingly preferring to pay for the reconstruction out of their own pockets. Laodicea was also important during the rise of Christianity, and St. John cited the city as the location of one of the Seven Churches of Asia. However, the citys good fortunes did not last forever. During the late Byzantine period, it was frequently sacked by Turks and Mongols, and the city was abandoned in the 13th century. Since then, only the bone-white ruins that dot the landscape hint at its former greatness. But excavations of the city are revealing more and more about its culture and history. The Hermes statue is thus an important and exciting find, a clear indication of Laodiceas former might. During its heyday in the Roman period, the Hermes head would have greeted all those who passed into the bouleuterion, civilians tasked with forging the citys golden future. After reading about the 1,900-year-old Hermes head that was found in the ancient city of Laodicea in Turkey, discover the incredible stories behind some of ancient Greeces most powerful gods, from Zeus to Hades. Or, look through these surprising facts about life in ancient Greece. The post Archaeologists In Turkey Just Discovered The Head Of A Marble Hermes Statue Among The Ruins Of Ancient Laodicea appeared first on All That's Interesting.

Beach AcademyIn total, 437 boots have been found along the shore at Ogmore-by-Sea.Residents of a seaside village in southern Wales have recently been left baffled after hundreds of Victorian-era black leather boots mysteriously washed up on the beach.The boots indeed seem to date back to the 19th century, but why they are washing ashore now remains shrouded in mystery. The leading theory, however, is that they came from the wreckage of an Italian ship that crashed into Tusker Rock just off shore, though that has yet to be confirmed.The Discovery Of More Than 400 Victorian Boots On The Beach At Ogmore-by-SeaIn a single week in December 2025 alone, volunteers with Beach Academy, which is working to restore rockpool habitats along the Vale of Glamorgans coastline, picked up nearly 300 boots in just one small area of the beach at Ogmore-by-Sea. To date, more than 400 boots in total have been found since September 2025.Some of the boots are in pretty good condition and with some you can very clearly see they are a mens boot, Beach Academy founder Emma Lamport told the BBC.Beach AcademyBeach Academys Emma Lamport hauling boots from the shore.While the sheer abundance of the boots found along the beach is certainly abnormal, it is not the first time that local residents have found washed-up footwear. Social media posts from years past show that people have found the occasional odd boot from time to time, but nothing like the phenomenon that is now being seen.We found one patch which was just strewn with shoes. To find so many in such a small area I mean, we didnt even do the entire beach was a real surprise, Lamport told The Telegraph.We were a little bit unnerved because we didnt know where theyd come from in such large numbers. With something so old and historic, the story is a real mystery.Naturally, people began to wonder where all these boots were coming from.Possible Links To The 19th-Century Wreck Of The FrolicBeach AcademySome of the black leather boots, still in fairly good condition, given their age.One theory, Lamport explained to Bristol Live, is that the boots were originally being transported on a ship carrying cargo from Italy during the Victorian period.The strongest theory is that the shoes come from a shipwreck called the Frolic, that hit Tusker Rock about 150 years ago, she said. It was carrying shoes and cargo from Italy. They were washed up the Ogmore River and every now and then they appear, especially when there has been erosion of the river bank.Historical records show that the Frolic indeed wrecked on Tusker Rock on March 17, 1831, on its way to Bristol, leaving approximately 80 dead and no survivors. For months afterward, the bodies of its crewmembers washed ashore. Still, why would the boots it was carrying if indeed it was carrying boots just be washing ashore now?Dr. Michael Roberts of the Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences, who studies shipwrecks around the Welsh coast, told the BBC that he was unfamiliar with the Frolic, but it was possible that Victorian-era shipwrecks could now be starting to degrade, thus dispensing their cargos into the open sea.Tusker Rock, known as a ship graveyard, is just two miles southeast of Ogmore-by-Sea, so it could very well be the boots origin point. This is still just a theory, however.Beach AcademyExperts have stated that the boots are clearly Victorian in design.While this particular mystery has garnered worldwide attention for its strangeness, it also highlights a much larger issue plaguing beaches in the Vale of Glamorgan.To date, Beach Academy has removed more than 12,000 items of litter from the beaches. And according to Lamport, the company hasnt even started to scratch the surface of their cleanup efforts.We wish to restore rockpool habitats back to their original natural state by removing marine litter that has been there for some time, either embedded in sediment or trapped in the rocks, Lamport said.If nothing else, the abundance of boots in Ogmore-by-Sea is indicative of just how much work lies ahead for the volunteers of Beach Academy.After reading about the mystery of the boots that washed up in Wales, discover the eerie reason why ships of dead bodies keep washing ashore in Japan. Then, learn about the dozens of shoes with feet still in them that washed ashore in Vancouver and Seattle.The post We Were A Little Bit Unnerved: Hundreds Of Victorian-Era Shoes Have Mysteriously Washed Up On A Beach In Wales appeared first on All That's Interesting.

Wikimedia CommonsCharlie BrandtCharlie Brandt always seemed like a normal guy until one bloody night in September 2004.At the time, Hurricane Ivan was barreling toward the Florida Keys, where the 47-year-old Brandt lived with his wife, Teri. They evacuated their home on Big Pine Key on September 2 to stay with their niece, 37-year-old Michelle Jones, in Orlando.Michelle was close to Teri, her maternal aunt, and was excited to welcome her and her husband as houseguests. Michelle was likewise close with her mother, Mary Lou, with whom she spoke on the phone almost every day.When Michelle stopped answering her phone after the night of September 13, Mary Lou grew concerned and asked Michelles friend, Debbie Knight, to go to the house and check on things. When Knight arrived, the front door was locked and there was no answer, so she made her way to the garage.There was a garage door with almost all glass. So you could see in, Knight recalled. I was in shock.There inside the garage, Charlie Brandt was hanging from the rafters. But Charlie Brandts death was just one of the horrible deaths that had happened inside that house.The Disturbing Crime SceneWhen authorities arrived at the house, they found a scene that looked like something out of a slasher movie.Charlie Brandt had hung himself with a bedsheet. Teris lifeless body was on the couch inside, stabbed seven times in the chest. Michelles body was in her bedroom. She had been decapitated, her head placed next to her body, and someone had removed her heart.It was just a nice home, lead investigator Rob Hemmert recalled. All of those nice decorations and the aroma of her home was masked by death. The smell of death.Yet, with all this bloodshed, there were no signs of a struggle or forced entry and the house was locked from the inside. Thus, with two people killed and one having killed himself, authorities quickly determined that Charlie Brandt had killed his wife and niece before committing suicide.But no one seemed to expect anything like this from Charlie Brandt. Mary Lou said of her brother-in-law whom shed known for 17 years, When they described what had happened to Michelle, it was even beyond description.Likewise, Lisa Emmons, one of Michelles best friends, couldnt believe it. He was just very quiet and reserved, she said of Charlie. He would just sit back and observe. Michelle and I used to call him eccentric.Not only did everyone find Charlie Brandt nice and agreeable, they all felt like he and Teri had the perfect marriage. The inseparable pair did everything together, fishing and boating near their home, traveling, and enjoying life in Florida.Charlie Brandts Dark SecretNo one had any explanation for Charlie Brandts behavior.Then, his older sister came forward. Angela Brandt was two years older than Charlie and she harbored a dark secret from their Indiana childhood that no one knew about until she told her story. In an interrogation with Rob Hemmert, Angela cried before steeling her nerves and telling her story:It was January 3, 1971 [at] 9 or 10 p.m, Angela said. We had just gotten a color TV. We were all sitting around watching The F.B.I. with Efrem Zimbalist Jr. After [the TV show] was over, I went and got in bed to read my book like I always did before I went to sleep.Meanwhile, Angela and Charlies pregnant mom, Ilse, was drawing a bath and their dad, Herbert, was shaving. Then, Angela heard loud noises, so loud that she thought they were firecrackers.Then I heard my father yell, Charlie dont. or Charlie stop. And my mom was just screaming. The last thing I heard my mom say was, Angela call the police.'Charlie, 13 at the time, then came into Angelas room holding a gun. He aimed the gun at her and pulled the trigger, but all they heard was a click. The gun was out of bullets.Charlie and Angela then began to fight and he started to strangle his sister, which was when she noticed the glazed look in his eyes. That terrifying look disappeared after a moment, and Charlie, as if emerging from a trance, asked, What am I doing?What he had just done was walk into parents bathroom, shoot his father once in the back and then shoot his mother several times, leaving him wounded and killing her.At the hospital in Fort Wayne just after the incident, Herbert said he had no idea why his son would do this.The AftermathAt the time he shot his parents, Charlie Brandt seemed like a normal kid. He did well in school and showed no signs of underlying psychological stress. The courts which couldnt charge him with any criminal offense, given his age ordered that he undergo many psychiatric evaluations and even spend more than a year in a psychiatric hospital (before his father secured his release). But none of the psychiatrists found any mental illness or any explanation at all as to why hed shot his family.The records were sealed because of Charlies young age and Herbert told his other children to keep things quiet and moved the family to Florida. They buried the incident and put it behind them.Anyone who knew the secret never told and Charlie seemed fine afterward. But it seems he had been harboring dark urges all along.After he killed his wife and niece in 2004, authorities investigated Charlies house on Big Pine Key. Inside, they found a medical poster displaying the female anatomy. There were also medical books and anatomy books, as well as a newspaper clipping that showed a human heart all of which recalled some of the ways in which Charlie had mutilated Michelles body.Searches of his internet history revealed websites focused on necrophilia and violence against women. They also found lots of Victorias Secret catalogues, which proved especially troubling after they learned that Victorias Secret is the nickname Charlie had given to Michelle.Knowing what he did to Michelle and then finding those things, Hemmert said. It all started to make sense. Investigators believe that Charlie had become infatuated with Michelle and that his desires had taken a murderous turn.Hemmert, for one, believes that Charlie Brandt had always had these kinds of deadly desires and that he was probably a serial killer its just that his other crimes never came to light.For example, authorities believe that he may have been responsible for at least two other murders, including one in 1989 and 1995. Both murders involved mutilations of women in a similar method to Michelles murder.After this look at Charlie Brandt, read up on serial killer Ed Kemper. Then, discover some of the most haunting serial killer quotes of all time. Finally, read up on Gypsy Rose Blanchards plot to kill her own mother.The post Charlie Brandt Killed His Mom At 13 Then Walked Free To Butcher His Wife As An Adult appeared first on All That's Interesting.