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Quigley's Cabinet is a one-woman effort that covers an impressive range of subjects.
Chris Quigley blogs mostly about her research interests, death and the anatomical body; she has written six books on these topics, including The Corpse, Modern Mummies and Dissection on Display. The Cabinet is by no means a gorefest, though. It has recently featured posts on the smell of death, the exhumation of a luckless member of the Franklin expedition, and mass grave simulation at the University of Tennessee's 'Body Farm' (note: each of these posts contains a picture of human remains), but Quigley's tone when writing about these topics is matter-of-fact and not exploitative.
There is a new post to the Cabinet every single day (perfect for insatiable readers like me!). Common topics include fossils, animals of all kinds, and archaeology. I would like to point out these posts in particular:
- Yesterday's ingredients: a 150-year-old doctor's store room answers questions about patent medicines
- Stone Age studio: about the discovery of a 100,000-year-old artisan's studio
- Beefy builders: how much livestock was needed to keep the Pyramid builders fed?
- Dragonflies are monsters: I don't think so, but if I were a fly, I'd be terrified of them
Quigley's Cabinet is a recent discovery of mine and I'll be checking it daily for the foreseeable future. I hope you find something interesting there too.
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