The city of Al Hajjara in Republic of Yemen* Haraz Mountains looks ancient yet modern at the same time: the taller of the brown, flat-roofed houses so precariously balanced on top of the mountain resemble early skyscrapers. Many are decorated with elaborate white friezes and patterns so typical for the area. The town’s remoteness and [...]
Scientists have warned that the world’s commitments so far fall short of what is needed to keep global temperature increases below 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F) above pre-industrial levels and head off the worst of global warming. They say global warming will create rising sea levels, increasing drought, more extreme weather and the extinction [...]
The Ancient Egyptians kept many animals as household pets, including cats, dogs, monkeys, gazelles, and birds. Pets were not only present as paintings or models. The mummified bodies of pets have also been found in tombs. A certain Hapymen, buried at Abydos, was so fond of his pet dog that it was mummified and wrapped [...]
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The marriage may be over, but not the fun. Meet 12 examples of people expressing their feelings with cake “art”. (Link)
This is not a bath towel. Please don’t step on it!!! At a quick glance, one could easily mistook this Sharpei for a towel. The Sharpei is a Chinese breed dog that is well known for its distinctive features of deep wrinkles (towel look) and a blue black tongue. As puppies, Sharpei have numerous wrinkles [...]
A German artist is posing 1,250 garden gnomes with their arms outstretched in the stiff-armed Hitler salute in an installation that he calls a protest of lingering fascist tendencies in German society. Artist Ottmar Hoerl posed the gnomes in the historic central marketplace of Straubing, a town in southeastern Germany, on Wednesday. The exhibit called [...]
