Pen Drawing
November 10, 2024

Artist Uses Dynamic Strokes of Black Ink To Capture the Essence of Classical Architecture

For Antonella Positano, her passion for art and architecture traces back to her childhood. “As a child, I loved creating imaginary houses with LEGO, and many of my childhood drawings portrayed landscapes and little houses,” the artist tells My Modern Met. Today, this love serves as the foundation of her architectural illustrations, made with dynamic streaks of black ink that breathe life into these buildings.

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Photo Contest
November 8, 2024

Mother Tiger Teaching Cub How To Fight Wins Nature’s Best Photo Awards

A fascinating photo of a young tiger coming into his own has won the 2024 Nature's Best Photography International Awards. Taken by Mangesh Ratnakar Desai at a tiger reserve in India, the image beat out over 25,000 submissions from photographers in 62 countries. Showing a mother tiger teaching her son the skills he will need to survive on his own, the image gives us an insider's look at life in the wild.

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Archeology
November 8, 2024

Archaeologists Unearth 3,500-Year-Old Wooden Spade Preserved in British Wetlands

During recent excavations for The Moors at Arne project, Wessex Archaeology uncovered one of Britain’s oldest and most complete wooden tools—a rare discovery that sheds light on how Bronze Age communities interacted with the wetlands along England's southern coast. Pottery and stone artifacts are relatively common finds during excavations, but intact wooden artifacts are much rarer since wood usually disintegrates over time.

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Environment
November 7, 2024

Delayed Snowfall on Mt. Fuji’s Peak Breaks 130-Year Record of Snow Absence

Japan’s Mount Fuji has long been a source of artistic, cultural, and national pride, boasting graceful symmetry and a signature snow-capped peak. This year, however, Mt. Fuji’s peak remained bare into early November, marking the latest time that snow has ever fallen on the 12,400-foot mountain. Though bare during the summer months, Mt. Fuji typically sees sprinkles of snowfall in early October.

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My Modern Met

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