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Woman Buys Statue at Goodwill for $35 and Discovers It’s a 2,000-Year-Old Roman Bust

Tucked away under a table, there was a marble bust that was intriguing. It weighed about 50 pounds and cost $34.99. This was more than Young usually spent at Goodwill, but she followed her instinct and made the purchase. What happened next was incredible. Eventually, Sotheby’s confirmed her suspicion that this statue was something special. While Young had thought that the sculpture looked Roman, she was still shocked to hear the news....

Hyperrealistic Pencil Portraits Look Like Photographs

UK-based artistEmma Towers-Evansbrings her subjects to life in hyperrealistic portraits using only graphite and charcoal. Each one is so meticulously drawn that it can easily be confused with a black and white photograph. As a self-taught artist, she has been honing her skills in pencil drawing since her teenage years. Now, she is well known for rendering portraits in mind-boggling detail. I consider myself a hyperrealist, Towers-Evans continues. Everyone knows what a pencil is, has one, and knows how it works, she adds....

Innovative Performing Arts Center Design Rises up Like a Colorful Volcano

Whether they have a ticket or not, the public will be invited in to socialize. This ambitious design is the firm’s first opera and music venue. When complete, the performing arts center will have a capacity of 3,800 people. The center will also integrate arts, creative learning, rehearsal, and performance spaces. The Hainan Performing Arts Centre in China is Heatherwick Studio’s first opera and music venue. The facade is inspired by the volcanic landscape and the colors found in Hainanese Opera....

Millions of ‘Baby Blue Eyes’ Bloom in This Breathtaking Japanese Park Each Year

Spring is the season where plants come alive. That is why people in Japan travel to a spacious nature park roughly two hours south of Tokyo. Scroll down to see more spectacular photos of these flowers. Japan’s Hitachi Seaside Park is famous for its gorgeous natural beauty. They have about 500 million nemophila in their garden called Miharashi’s Hill. They also have a field of tulips called the Tamago no Mori Flower Garden....

Contemporary Paintings Look Back at the Historic Titanic 110 Years After It Sank

This post may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase, My Modern Met may earn an affiliate commission. hey readour disclosurefor more info. This post may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase, My Modern Met may earn an affiliate commission. Please readour disclosurefor more info. On April 15, 1912, the world-famous Titanic crashed into an iceberg and sank into the Atlantic ocean. The French artist traces his interest in the ship to when he was a child....

Contemporary ‘Open Impressionism’ Highlights the Expansive Beauty of California Vineyards

Dawning Vines TheImpressionist movementemerged in the late 1800s as a way of capturing ephemeral moments. TheVineyard Collectionfeatures a variety of Open-Impressionist paintings created in a vibrant color palette. Viridian Vines Rolling Vineyards Related Articles: “Dawning Vines” “Napa in Color” “Viridian Vines” “Rolling Vineyards”

Delicate Watercolor Tattoos Look Like Tiny Paintings Brushed Onto Skin

Vibrant yet delicate,watercolor tattoosdecorate the skin with permanent paintings. Despite their diminutive size, each of these tattoos stands out for its ethereal appearance. Eunyu emphasizes the beauty of each piece by keeping the compositions minimal. Korean tattoo artist Eunyu creates ethereal watercolor tattoos. Small and delicate, each one looks like it’s painted onto the person’s skin. Eunyu emphasizes the beauty of each piece by keeping the compositions minimal. Oftentimes, her tattoos feature a single subject floating over the person’s skin....

Fotógrafo toma retratos adorables de hámsters salvajes disfrutando de la naturaleza

Podriamos pensar que los hamsters son simples criaturas domesticas o mascotas de las que nunca te aburriras. Pero como muestra el fotografoJulian Rad, estos animales son absolutamente adorables y viven entre bayas y pastos. Rad vive en Europa Central y toma retratos del hamster europeo, tambien conocido como hamster comun. Como sabe cualquiera que haya fotografiado animales antes, las criaturas salvajes pueden ser impredecibles y dificiles de fotografiar. Los fotografos deben tener mucha paciencia y dedicar tiempo a observar los comportamientos de un animal....

Bronze Age Couple Discovered in Loving Embrace 3,000 Years After Burial in Ukraine

Photos viaAustralscope Many couples dream of being together forever, a desire that usually extends their final resting place. The pair originated from the prehistoric Vysotskaya culture, which was located in modern-day western Ukraine. So, she preferred to pass away with her husband. Photos viaAustralscope A sketch imagines what the couple looked like at the time of their death. People in the Late Bronze Age believed in the eternal life of the human soul, Dr....

Fashion Photographer Captures Editorial Style Portraits of Cosplayers [Interview]

PhotographerThurstan Reddingwas working primarily as a fashion photographer when he had two memorable encounters with cosplayers in the wild. For the first time, the folks dressed in costumes of characters from popular culture came on his radar. Previously, he was aware of the practice, but he hadnt ever fully engaged with it. Kids of Cosplayhas a different take on the hobby than we are used to. Typically, cosplay costumes are reserved for comic conventionsthe places in which many cosplayers get their start....

Ingenieros desarrollan una enzima que puede descomponer plástico en cuestión de horas

La variante enzimatica funciona tan bien que a menudo puede descomponer el plastico en cuestion de horas o dias. PETase, una enzima que come plastico, fue descubierta en una instalacion de desechos japonesa en 2016. Y, al parecer, los ingenieros de Texas lo han logrado. Foto: jaggat/Depositphotos Para crear esta variante, los investigadores utilizaron el aprendizaje automatico para generar mutaciones en el PETase natural. El modelo que utilizaron ayudo a predecir que mutaciones descompondrian rapidamente el plastico de consumo a bajas temperaturas....

Mujer ucraniana de 77 años arriesga su vida para cuidar a más de 700 animales en un refugio

Cuando comenzo la invasion, Serpinska cuidaba de unos 600 perros y casi 100 gatos en su refugio. Y cuando la gente comenzo a huir, tambien acogio varios animales abandonados del zoologico. Incluso en medio de los bombardeos, ella y algunos empleados leales se quedaron alli para cuidarlos. Foto:Maravillas del Mundo Animal Estaba conscientemente yendo a la guerra. Mi gente estaba aqui, mis perros estaban aqui. Pero su partida dejo a las pobres criaturas abandonadas e incapaces de valerse por si mismas....

New Study Finds Ideal Amount of Sleep Needed as We Age

Photo: joekasemsarn.gmail.com/Depositphotos Getting the proper amount of sleep is something many people struggle with. We’ve all heard that getting enoughor getting too muchshut-eye can have a negative effect on our health. But what’s the sweet spot? Photo: joekasemsarn.gmail.com/Depositphotos For those moving from middle to old age, anew studyis giving the answer to that important question. From that pool, 40,000 participants also had brain imaging profiles and genetic information available. So what did the researchers learn from their analysis?...