Old Anatomy Drawings: Beautifully Strange

On October 29, 2016 by Tim Newman
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Us humans have long had a fascination with our own insides. After all, we’re able to do a wide range of things that a bag of blood and squishy bits shouldn’t really be capable of....

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Leonardo da Vinci: Rarely Seen Sketches

On October 2, 2016 by Tim Newman
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Leonardo da Vinci was a man with a lot of fingers in a lot of pies. He dabbled in architecture, science, music, engineering, literature, geology, astronomy, cartography and anything else he fancied. Da Vinci was also...

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The Magnificent Hoopoe: From Ancient Adulation To CBeebies

On October 22, 2015 by Tim Newman
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The hoopoe has charmed everyone from ancient Egyptians to the viewers of CBeebies. It’s an amazing species with some impressive quirks… the Estonians aren’t so keen on him though. The hoopoe is a wonderful...

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German Lion Man: Oldest Animal Statue In The World At 40,000 Years

On August 6, 2015 by Tim Newman
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The so-called lion man statue was discovered in 1939 in a German cave — the Stadel cave in Hohlenstein Mountain in the Lone valley, to be precise. The lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel has...

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The Makapansgat Pebble – A Glimpse Into An Ancient Mind

On May 27, 2015 by Tim Newman
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Pebbles don’t make the news very often, and rightly so, they are generally unimpressive. However, the Makapansgat pebble is cut from a different cloth. This pebble tells a brief but enchanting story about humanity’s...

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Zhan Huan: Proving That Big Is Beautiful (And Creepy)

On August 12, 2014 by Tim Newman
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Zhan Huan (born 1965) is a big player in the wave of modern artists becoming more accepted and promoted in the traditional land of China. I found the images above and below of his massive...

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