Reconstructing the End of History

After two hundred years, their stories can finally be told …

On May 14th, 1905, with no explanation or prior warning, tombs across the globe disgorged their contents as our own dearly departed rose to make war upon the living. Millions perished in the resulting chaos, and human civilization was very nearly obliterated from the face of the Earth.

Now, thanks to documents recently unearthed from the ruins of the international telegraph cable station at Porthcurno, and from the kind donations of volunteers from across the globe, the voices of these victims — victims of a brutal tragedy which has shaped our history like none other — may finally be heard.

The British Museum, in association with researchers at London Collage and the brave men and women of the Office of Reclamation and Public Works, is proud to present …

Dead Letters:Dispatches from Porthcurno

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