Recent excavations in the ancient Kingdom of Judah, close to Jerusalem in Israel, has unearthed a number of anthropomorphic male figurine heads from the 10th century B.C. A bearded man with a square flat-topped head, protruding nose, holes for earrings, and somewhat bulging eyes. The similarity between the figurine heads […]
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Groundbreaking discoveries in science often come with two iconic images, one representing the breakthrough and the other, the discoverer. For example, the page from Darwin’s notebook sketching the branching pattern of evolution often accompanies a portrait of Darwin in his early years when the notebook was written. Likewise the drawing […]
President Trump, seen earlier this month at an event at the White House, is the subject of a new book by his niece, Mary Trump. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Trump, seen earlier this month at an event at the White House, is the […]
Though he wears the wooly red cap that Jacques Cousteau transformed into the emblem of deep sea divers, the figure whom famed oceanic photographer Amos Nachoum most closely resembles in Picture of His Life is fictional: Moby Dick’s Captain Ahab. Possessed by an obsession with a creature of the deep […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107927/96/1079279643_46:0:1315:714_1200x675_80_0_0_2ad810ae826490e7c69d6ea4d1ff7415.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202005131079279674-golden-retrievers-and-a-cat-family-portrait/ Most people believe that cats and dogs are sworn enemies, and that friendship between them is basically impossible. But how is it possible not to get along with a golden retriever? In everything from children’s cartoons to proverbial sayings, we hear that dogs […]