Best Bedtime Ritual

The Ain Ghazal Statues are Neolithic plaster figures from Jordan, made about 7200-6250 BC and among the earliest large human sculptures known.

The Houmuwu Ding is a Shang bronze ritual cauldron from China, notable as one of the largest ancient bronzes known, weighing about 832 kg.

The Temple of Heaven is a Ming and Qing ritual complex in Beijing, built from 1420 and used by emperors to pray for good harvests.

The Sanxingdui Bronze Sacred Tree is a large Bronze Age sculpture from Sichuan, China, notable for its branching form and mythic bird imagery.

The Sanxingdui Bronze Mask is a Bronze Age mask from Sichuan, China, notable for its protruding eyes and distinctive non-Zhou visual style.

The Nazca Lines are vast desert geoglyphs in southern Peru, created between about 500 BCE and 500 CE and famed for figures visible from above.

The Gundestrup Cauldron is a silver vessel found in Denmark, made in the late Iron Age and notable for its detailed Celtic-style mythological reliefs.

The Panagyurishte Treasure is a Thracian gold ceremonial set from Bulgaria, discovered in 1949 and made of nine ornate vessels from the 4th-3rd century BC.

Tollund Man is an Iron Age bog body found in Denmark in 1950, preserved with a noose and dated to around the 4th century BC.

The Baekje Gilt-bronze Incense Burner is a 6th-century Korean ritual vessel, notable for its mountain-shaped lid and 64 finely modeled figures.

The Warka Vase is a carved alabaster vessel from Uruk in Iraq, made around 3200-3000 BC and known for early narrative relief carving.

The Coyolxauhqui Stone is a circular Mexica relief found at Mexico City's Templo Mayor in 1978, notable for showing the dismembered moon goddess.

The Da Yu Ding is a Western Zhou bronze ritual vessel in China's National Museum, notable for its long inscription on King Kang's commands.

Ram in a Thicket is a pair of Sumerian figures from Ur, Iraq, made around 2600 BC and notable for gold, lapis lazuli, and shell inlay.

The Trundholm Sun Chariot is a Bronze Age bronze and gold object from Denmark, made around 1400 BC and showing a horse drawing a solar disk.

Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly is a survival horror game developed for PlayStation 2 and expanded platforms. The narrative centers on two sisters investigating a cursed village where they must perform a ritual to find their lost sister. Gameplay involves exploring the environment and utilizing a...

Ritual Bourbon Barrel Aged Chocolate combines dark chocolate with notes of bourbon whiskey and vanilla, offering a complex flavor profile featuring hints of caramel and toasted oak from the barrel aging process.

Rishi Teas Masala Chai is a meticulously crafted blend of organic black tea and a warming blend of spices. This chai offers a complex and aromatic flavor profile, balancing the boldness of the black tea with the sweetness of cinnamon, the warmth of ginger, and the subtle fragrance of cardamom. Rishi...

The Jericho Skull is a plastered Neolithic human skull from Tell es-Sultan, notable as an early Levantine portrait form dating to about 8000-6000 BC.

The Maya Codex of Mexico is a pre-Columbian Maya bark-paper manuscript, notable as the oldest known book of the Americas and a Venus almanac.

Ritual Madagascar 75% is a dark chocolate bar crafted with 75% cacao from the island of Madagascar, known for its intense cocoa flavor and notes of spice like vanilla and cedar due to the region’s unique terroir.

The Minoan Snake Goddess figurines are faience figures from Knossos on Crete, linked to Bronze Age Minoan religion and ritual display.

Ritual Belize 75% dark chocolate is crafted with cacao beans sourced primarily from the Toledo District of Belize, resulting in a bar boasting intense cocoa flavor and notes of spice due to its high percentage cacao content.

Grauballe Man is an Iron Age bog body found in Denmark in 1952, dated to the 3rd century BC and preserved with clear evidence of a cut throat.

The Pashupati Seal is an Indus Valley steatite seal from Mohenjo-daro, notable for its horned seated figure and debated links to later Shiva imagery.

This listing represents the core functionality of sleep stories, separated from the main app structure. It is highly effective because it treats sleep as a destination reached via narrative journey, rather than a problem to be solved by meditation. It works by engaging the imagination just enough to...

Lindow Man is an Iron Age bog body found in Cheshire, England, in 1984, notable for preserving evidence of a violent death in the 1st century AD.

The Seated Woman of Catalhoyuk is a Neolithic clay figurine from Turkey, found by James Mellaart in 1961 and dated to about 6000 BC.

Departures is a 2008 Japanese drama film centering on a former musician who becomes a nōkanshi, a traditional Japanese mortician. The narrative explores societal prejudice surrounding this profession, specifically the challenges faced by the protagonist due to ingrained social taboos. Through his wo...