Decades before Ansel Adams ever saw Yosemite’s jagged peaks, Carleton Watkins packed his mammoth plate camera, tripods and a makeshift tent darkroom on…
The Critic (1943) by Weegee as featured in The Photography Book Weegee’s 1943 photo outside the Met Opera influenced street photography, film noir…
Andres Serrano said he did not intend his 1987 photograph of a crucifix submerged in his own urine to offend; indeed, when it…
It was a moment made for the celebrity-saturated Internet age. In the middle of the 2014 Oscars, host Ellen DeGeneres waded into the…
Helen Mirren – The British actress has played numerous iconic roles, including her Oscar-winning turn as Queen Elizabeth II in ‘The Queen’ (2006). Would…
The PL-01 was a Polish light tank concept created by OBRUM with support from BAE Systems, based on the Swedish CV90120-T light tank. The concept vehicle was first unveiled at the International…
Dún Aonghasa, also known as Dun Aengus, is a prehistoric hill fort located on the Aran Islands of County Galway, Ireland. The fort…
Palace door which belonged to the Assyrian king Adad-Nirari III who ruled from 810-783 BCE [@ancientorigins/Twitter] An archaeological dig in Iraq’s ancient city…
A rare and sophisticated dagger was found in Spain that was made from crystal The 5,00-year-old weapon was found in a massive tomb located…
The Zaghouan Aqueduct or Aqueduct of Carthage is an ancient Roman aqueduct, which supplied the city of Carthage, Tunisia with water. From its source in Zaghouan it flows a total of 132 km, making…