Lucy's Bones, Sacred Stones, & Einstein's Brain

by Harvey Rachlin

Antioch Chalice

  Antiquities

  Antommarchi, Francesco

  Apostles, depicted on Antioch Chalice,

  Appomattox Court House National Historical Park

  Appomattox surrender tables

  Aram (Syria)

  Aramaeans

  Archaeological Museum (Istanbul, Turkey)

  Armistead family

  Army Medical Museum (Washington, D.C.)

  Arthur, King, and Holy Grail

  Assassinations, of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, of Abraham Lincoln, of William McKinley

  Assyria

  Astronomical observation notebooks, of Edmond Halley

  Atomic bomb

  Augustus Caesar

  Aurel, Marc

  Auschwitz

  Australopithecus (species), afarensis, ramidus

  Auto-Icon, Bentham’s concept of

  Autopsy, on Einstein, on Elephant Man, on Lincoln, on Napoleon

  Axtell, James H.W.

  Baal

  Babylonia

  Bajazet II (Sultan)

  Baldwin II, Crown of Thorns and

  Bambino. See Holy Child of Aracoeli

  Bancroft copy, of Gettysburg Address,

  Barabbas

  Barberini, Antonio

  Barber, Pierre, Shroud of Turin and

  Barlow, Frank

  Barrett, Elizabeth. See Browning, Elizabeth

  Barrett Barry, John

  Battle of Hastings (1066)

  Battle of Trafalgar

  Bayeux Tapestry

  Beanes, William

  Beckford, William, Rubens Vase and

  Belzoni, Giovanni Battista

  Beneventum (Benevento), Saint Januarys at

  Benjamin, tribe of

  Bentham, Jeremy, effigy of,

  Berengar (Italy)

  Beta counting

  Bethlehem

  Billings, Andrew

  Biplane, of Wright Brothers

  Bird, Gustavus A.

  Blackden, Samuel

  Black Obelisk

  Black Stone of the Ka‘bah

  Blessed Virgin Mary

  Blessing, John Frederick

  Bliss copy, of Gettysburg Address

  Blood, Lincoln’s

  Blood of Saint Januarius

  Blood stains, on Shroud of Turin

  “Blue, the.” See Hope Diamond

  Blue diamonds

  Blundell, Henry

  Bockscar (airplane)

  Bollone, Pierluigi Baima

  Bonaparte, Napoleon

  Bonhomme Richard (ship)

  Bonnet-Eymard, Bruno, Shroud of Turin and

  Book(s) of Privileges, of Columbus,

  Book of Kells

  Booth, John Wilkes

  Borbone del Monte, Francesco Maria,

  Botta, Paul Emile

  Bourbon, Jeanne de, Rubens Vase and

  Boy-king. See Tutankhamen

  Brady, Mathew

  Brain, of Albert Einstein

  Brandeum

  Britain, War of 1812

  British Guiana (Guyana), One-Cent Magenta stamp and

  British Library (London, England)

  British Museum (London, England)

  British Penny Black (stamp)

  Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

  Browning, Robert, reliquary of

  Brunswick Blue

  Bullet, Lincoln assassinated by

  Bull Moose Party

  Burial, of Lincoln

  Burial place, of John Paul Jones

  Burial shroud. See Shroud of Turin

  Burton, Richard Francis

  Byres, James

  Byzantine work

  Byzantium, Crown of Thorns in

  Cadavers, blood from

  Cairo, Egypt, Rosetta Stone in

  Calah, Assyria

  Calixtuslli (Pope)

  Calvary

  Cameo style, Portland Vase in

  Campidoglio (Rome, Italy)

  Canning, Stratford

  Cantino, Alberto

  Cantino Map

  Carbon-14 dating, of Shroud of Turin

  Carnarvon, Lord (George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert)

  Carter, Howard, Tutankhamen

  Cartier, Pierre

  Cartouche, Rosetta Stone and

  Cathedral of Notre-Dame (Paris, France),

  Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (Royal Chapel of the Shroud) (Turin, Italy)

  Census, Domesday Book as

  Chair, of Lincoln’s assassination

  Chaldean astronomers, Magi as

  Chalice, Antioch

  Chamberlain, Neville

  Champollion, Jean-Francois

  Chancellorsville, Stonewall Jackson and

  Chang and Eng (Siamese twins)

  Charlemagne Crown of Thorns and, Holy Lance and

  Charles V (France)

  Charters of Freedom (Declaration, Constitution, and Bill of Rights

  Chartres, France

  Chicago Historical Society (Chicago, Illinois)

  China, Peking Man in

  Christianity. See Jesus Christ

  Christopher Columbus: His Own Book of Privileges (Harrisse)

  Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (Rome, Italy)

  Civilization, ancient Western

  Civil War

  Clari, Robert de. See De Clari shroud

  Clark, William

  Cleveland, Grover

  Cloisters Museum (New York)

  Code of Hammurabi

  Codex. See Book(s) of Privileges

  Codex Vatican Graec.

  Crypt College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University (New York, New York)

  Colson, Rene, Shroud of Turin and

  Columbus, Christopher

  Comets, Halley and

  Confederacy. See also Civil War

  Congress of the U.S., Declaration of Independence and

  Connally, John B. See Kennedy, John F. Conspiracy theories

  Constantine

  Constantinople

  Constitution of the U.S.

  Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence and

  Cook, Francis

  Copernicus, Nicolaus

  Coptic language

  Costain, Thomas, Holy Grail and

  Crazy Horse

  Cro-Magnon man, discovery of

  Crown jewels, of France

  Crown of Thorns

  Crucifixion

  Crusades. See Fourth Crusade

  Crypt, of John Paul Jones

  Cuba. See Kennedy, John F.

  Cup. See Chalice

  Curses of Hope Diamond, and Tutankhamen’s tomb

  Curtiss, Glenn

  Custer, George Armstrong and Elizabeth Bacon

  Custis, Nelly

  Dallas, Texas, Kennedy assassination in

  Danjou, Jean, wooden hand of

  D’Arcis, Pierre (Bishop)

  Dark Ages, learning during

  Dart, Raymond

  Davenport, Frances G.

  Davis, Theodore

  Dawson, Charles, Piltdown Man and

  Dead Sea Scrolls

  Deathbed, of Lincoln

  Death masks

  De Charny, Geoffrey

  De Charny, Margaret

  Declaration of Independence

  De Clari shroud

  Delage, Yves

  Demotic writing

  Dentistry, colonial

  Dentures, of Washington, George

  De Paola, Nicola

  De Revolutionibus (On the Revolutions) (Copernicus)

  Derringer’s. See Ford’s Theatre

  Diamond, Marian

  Diary of a Young Girl, The (Frank)

  Dillinger, John

  Dillinger: The Untold Story

  Dogs, Laddie Boy, Owney

  Domesday: A Search for the Roots of England (Wood)

  Domesday Book

  Dos Santos, John Baptist

  Doubleday, John

  Doyle, Arthur Conan

  D
ubois, Eugene

  Dunlap, John

  Dunlap, Lloyd A.

  Du Pont family

  Eames, Wilberforce

  Edison, Thomas

  Edward the Confessor (England)

  Effigy, of Jeremy Bentham

  Egypt

  Egyptian language

  Egyptian Museum (Cairo, Egypt)

  Egyptology and Egyptologists

  Einstein, Albert

  Eisen, Gustavus, Antioch Chalice and

  Elamites

  Elephant Man (Joseph Carey Merrick),

  Eliason, Daniel, Hope Diamond and

  Elisha (prophet)

  England

  Enola Gay (airplane)

  Enrie, Giuseppe, Shroud of Turin and

  Epic poems, as illustrated manuscripts

  Este family (Italy)

  Estense Library (Modena, Italy)

  Ethiopia

  Everett, William

  Everett copy, of Gettysburg Address

  Excavations, at Nimrud

  Executive Mansion (White House)

  Expeditions, of Columbus

  Extraterrestrials, recorded information for

  Eyeglass case, of Theodore Roosevelt

  False teeth, of George Washington

  “Father of the American Navy,” John Paul Jones as

  Father Struck It Rich (McLean)

  Fat Man (bomb)

  Ferdinand and Isabella (Spain), Columbus’s Books of Privileges

  Ferrari, Philippe la Rénotière von

  Ferrari stamp collection

  Flamsteed, John

  Florentine codex. See Washington codex

  Fluorine dating

  Fonthill Giffard (home), Rubens Vase and

  Ford’s Theatre, Lincoln assassination in

  Ford’s Theatre National Historical Site (Washington, D.C.)

  Ford’s Theatre flag

  Foreign Legion Museum (Aubagne, France)

  Fort McHenry, flag at

  Fossils, of hominids, Lucy and, primate

  Four Gospels, Book of Kells as

  Fourth Crusade relics

  Francillon, John

  Frank, Anne, diary of

  Frankel, Joseph, and Sons

  Franklin, Benjamin

  Freak, Joseph Carey Merrick (Elephant Man) as

  Frei, Max, Shroud of Turin and

  French Academy, Shroud of Turin photos

  French Blue (diamond)

  French foreign legion, commander’s artificial left hand

  French Revolution, Crown of Thorns

  Freret, Nicolas

  Gabriel (angel)

  Galahad, and Holy Grail

  Gantelme

  Garde Meuble, Hope Diamond and

  Gautier, Armand, Shroud of Turin and

  Gawain, and Holy Grail

  General Archives of the Indies (Seville, Spain)

  Genoa codex

  George IV (England), Hope Diamond and

  Gethsemane

  Gettysburg, Battle at

  Gettysburg Address

  Gezer Calendar

  Gihon Spring

  Girardin, G. Russell

  Girls of Slender Means, The (Spark)

  Glassmaking

  Glial cells, in brain

  Gliders, Wright Brothers and

  Golconda, Hope Diamond and

  Golden Fleece (French crown jewels)

  Gospel of Columcille See Great Gospel of Columcille

  Gove, Harry E.

  Grand Mogul of Delhi

  Grant, Ulysses S.

  Gravitation, Einstein on

  Gray, Tom

  Great Chalice of Antioch, The (Eisen)

  Great Domesday Book. See Domesday

  Greenwood, John

  Gregory (Archdeacon and Referendarius), Shroud of Turin and

  Gregory IX (Pope), Holy Lance and

  Gutenberg, Johannes

  Habib, Selim

  Hadar, Ethiopia

  Hagar

  Hair, of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, of Abraham Lincoln, as memento, of John Milton, of George Washington

  Halley, Edmond

  Halley’s Comet

  Hama Byzantine silver treasure

  Hamilton, Emma

  Hamilton, William

  Hamilton Vase, Rubens Vase as

  Hammurabi’s Code. See Code of Hammurabi

  Hancock, John

  Harden, Donald B.

  Harding, Warren G., Laddie Boy (dog) of

  Hardy, Thomas Masterman

  Harold Godwineson (Harold II, England)

  Harold Hardraade (Harold III, Norway)

  Harpers Ferry, Virginia, John Brown at

  Harris, Chapin A.

  Harris, Clara (Rathbone)

  Harrisse, Henry

  Harvey, Thomas Stoltz

  Hastings, battle at (1066)

  Hay copy, of Gettysburg Address

  Healing, Holy Child of Aracoeli and

  Hebrews. See also Israel; Jews

  Hegira

  Heilige Lanze. See Holy Lance

  Helena, Saint

  Hellenkemper, Hansgerd

  Hely-Hutchinson, Christopher

  Henry Ford Museum (Dearborn Michigan)

  Henry I (Germany)

  Henry IV (Holy Roman Emperor)

  Herod the Great

  Hezekiah (Hebrew king)

  Hieratic writing

  Hieroglyphs

  Hincks, Edward

  Hind, Arthur

  Hiroshima, atomic bomb and

  Hispaniola

  Hittites

  H.M. Naval Base (Portsmouth, Hampshire, England)

  HMS Victory (ship)

  Hoax, Piltdown Man as

  Holocaust, Anne Frank and

  Holy Child of Aracoeli

  Holy Grail

  Holy Lance

  Holy land

  Holy Mandylion

  Holy Roman Empire

  Holy Spirit, Veil of the Virgin and

  Holy Tomb (Calvary)

  Hominids

  Homo species, erectus, habilis, sapiens

  Hooke, Robert

  Hope Diamond

  Hope family, jewel collection of

  Horses, Little Sorrel,

  Houdon, Jean-Antoine, John Paul Jones sculpture by

  Hoving, Thomas

  Hugo (Italy)

  Hungarian Pray Manuscript

  Iliad

  Illinois State Historical Society Library (Springfield, Illinois)

  Illuminated manuscripts

  Image of Edessa

  India

  Indianapolis (ship), atomic bomb and

  Indonesia, Java Man in

  Innocent VIII (Pope), Spear of Longinus

  Insanity plea

  Iona, monastery at

  Iraq. See Mesopotamia

  Ireland

  Ishmael

  Islam. See also Mohammed; Muslims

  Islington notebook

  Israel. See also Hebrews; Jews

  Italy

  Jackson, Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall”

  Jahāngir, Rubens Vase and

  Januarius, Saint, Blood of

  Japan

  Java Man

  Jefferson, Thomas

  Jehu (Israelite king)

  Jeroboam

  Jerusalem

  Jesus Christ

  Jews. See also Hebrews; Israel

  Jezebel

  Jezreel, Black Obelisk and

  Johanson, Donald

  John, Gospel of

  John Dillinger Museum (Nashville, Indiana)

  Johnson, Lyndon Baines

  Jonah

  Jones, John Paul

  Joram, 34

  Joseph

  Joseph of Arimathea, Holy Grail and

  Judah, kingdom of

  Judas

  Justin II, Crown of Thorns and

  Ka‘bah

  “Kaper Koraon Treasure,”

  Karl IV (Holy Roman Emperor)

  Kassites

  Ke
ats, John

  Keats-Shelley Memorial House (Rome, Italy)

  Keene, Laura

  Keith, Arthur

  Kennedy, John F.

  Kepler, laws of planetary motion

  Key, Francis Scott

  Khosrau II Parvez (Persia)

  Kings I and II (Old Testament)

  King Tut. See Tutankhamen

  Kircher, Anthonasius

  Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

  Kléber, Jean-Baptiste

  Koran

  Kouchakji Brothers, Antioch Chalice and

  La Charta del navicare

  Laddie Boy

  Lafayette (marquis de)

  Lake Havasu City, Arizona

  Lake Victoria, Africa

  Lance, Holy

  Landi, Joseph, Blood of Saint Januarius

  Langham, Ian

  Last Supper

  Lattimer, John K.

  Lawrence, Kansas

  Laws (astronomical)

  Laws (political)

  Layard, Austen

  Leakey, Louis

  Leakey, Mary

  Leale, Charles

  Lee, Richard Henry

  Lee, Robert E.

  Lenox, James

  Leo XIII (Pope)

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Lepsius, Karl Richard

  Letters, of Elizabeth Barrett Browning,

  Le Voile de la Vierge. See Veil of the Virgin

  Libby, W. E.

  Library Company (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

  Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)

  Life masks

  Lightbulb, first

  Lilienthal, Otto

  Lincoln, Abraham

  Lincoln, Robert Todd

  Linguists

  Liquefaction, of Blood of Saint Januarys

  Little Boy (bomb)

  Little Domesday Book

  Little Sorrel

  Liutprand (historian)

  Livingston, Robert R.

  Locke, John

  Logan, Frank G.

  Lomberg, Jon

  London Bridge

  London Hospital Medical College (London, England)

  Longinus

  Long Remembered (Mearns and Dunlap)

  Louis XIV (France)

  Louis IX (France)

  Louis XVI (France)

  Louis of Savoy (Duke)

  Louvre Museum (Paris, France)

  Lucy (hominid)

  Luke

  Luxor. See Valley of the Kings

  Lyon, France, Veil of the Virgin and

  Mace, A. C.

  Macomb, Alexander

  Madison, James

  Magdalene, Mary

  Magi

  Majuscule script

  Mandylion

  Mango, Marlia Mundell

  Maqam Ibrahim (Spot of Abraham) corner

  Marcel, Jean Joseph

  Marduk (Babylonian god)

  Margaret (duchess of Portland)

  Marie Antoinette (France)

  Mary, Veil of the Virgin

  Mascot, Owney as

  Masjid Al-Haraam mosque

  Mason, George

  Massachusetts Historical Society (Boston)

  Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (Newton)

  Matilda (England)

  Matlack, Timothy

  Matthew (Gospel)

  Mauer mandible

  McCabe, James

  McCrone, Walter C.

  McCulloch, Robert P., Sr.