Priceless Tapestry Is Made Whole as Missing Piece is Returned, Solving 40-Year Heist Mystery
"Erik the Belgian" was Europe's most notorious 20th century art thief, and he helped a church recover a piece to a tapestry he had stolen.
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Dozens of J.R.R. Tolkien's Paintings and Maps Are Now Online to Inspire Adventure
All of J.R.R Tolkien's paintings are now online on a new website to inspire adventure, and the Middle Earth depictions are just beautiful. Take a look.
Irish Musicians Saving Oral History By Recording Elders Singing the Old Songs (Watch)
Song Collectors, a group of young Irish musicians look to their elders to save old folk songs and stories for future generations.
Wildlife Sound Recordist Releases Treasured Audio Collection for Free - to Awe and Inspire the World
Listening to gibbons, extinct frogs, birdsong near streams, it's all free, providing from the world's most successful wild sound recordist
Rainbow Village: 84-Year-Old Saves Neighborhood From Bulldozer By Painting Every Street With Joyful Colors
A military veteran in Taiwan has saved his small retirement village by painting every wall and street in joyful colors.
Nursing Home Residents Recreate Famous Portraits From History - And They're Amazing (LOOK)
The elderly residents of MHA Brookfield each feature as a different month in classic paintings-for a 2022 calendar.
Alien-Like Sculptures Sliced By Ice and Winds on Lake Michigan Beach - LOOK
Dr. Seuss-like spires called hoodoos whipped into formation by icy winds along Lake Michigan have caught the eye of nature photographers.
Diego Rivera's Dream of a 'City of Arts' in Mexico Turns to Reality 80 Years Later
Totaling 14 buildings, Frida Kahlo's mentor Diego Rivera imagined a utopian City of Art that has been built 65 years after his death.
Artist Makes Incredible Doll Houses of Miniature Film Sets From Harry Potter, Friends, and Jurassic Park
Artist Bridget McCarty makes models of film sets such as for Harry Potter and Friends, and they're so popular the designs are now a career for her.
Seven Lost Artistic Masterpieces That Were Found in 2021
In 2021 seven lost masterpieces were found, their hiding places as varied as their creators' styles, time periods, and lives.
See Beautiful Display of Christmas Wreaths on These Colorful Georgian Homes
Christmas wreaths have been hung in the beautiful Georgian New Town of Edinburgh. Take a look at them here.
Surviving the Nazis and Fire, 2000-Year-old Caligula Mosaic Finally Returns to Museum
After 90 years, a lost Roman mosaic that escaped a museum fire before being sold as a coffee table in the 1960s in NYC, has returned home.
See the Incredible Images in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest - And Vote on the Peoples Choice Award
The 58th Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is underway with incredible images submitted for your vote for People's Choice Award.
Boy Gets "Clone Trooper" Arm From a 3-D Printer Prosthetics Enthusiast
Family and friends gathered in a room to help surprise 7-year-old Liam Porter with a new prosthetic arm -- not just any prosthetic, but one built with a 3-D printer to look like the arm of a "clone trooper" from Star Wars films.
A Poet Wore Plastic Bags On the Street Until Kind Stranger Hears His Dream
He lived on a San Paulo street corner for 18 years, with black plastic bags wrapped around him and long tangled hair and beard hiding his face. This 75-year-old man could be seen every day, hunched over writing. Though homeless for 34 years, Raimundo was well-read and in April 2011, he was befriended by a young woman who was impressed by his poetry. She wanted to help him realize his dream of publishing a book, but neither could have guessed what happened when someone from the past saw the Facebook post.
Beautiful Animated Film of Kahlil Gibran's 'The Prophet' Now on DVD (WATCH)
A breathtaking animated film based on Khalil Gibran's critically acclaimed 1923 book of poems 'The Prophet' has now been released on DVD and streaming.
Iraq War Vet Writes Music To Heal Comrades - But Says He's No 'Hero'
We call them heroes, but there is a sense among many of today's vets, and those who deal with them, that the public often has not embraced war veterans in a manner they can bear. Now, one ex-soldier, after having attempted suicide, is reaching out through his original music and making a difference for warriors who've returned home. Iraq War vet Jason Moon rejects the hero label, but still considers himself a warrior. So he is using his songwriting and musical talents to look back to see who among his comrades remain in trouble.
Maya Angelou Program Turns Imprisoned Teens Into 'Scholars'
Teenagers who are locked up are still entitled to an education. Near Washington, DC a juvenile program for incarcerated youth has turned itself around, much like some of the inmates, thanks to poet, Maya Angelou. 60 teenagers study at the juvenile correctional center, amid barbed wire and guards, within the gleaming new walls of the Maya Angelou Academy. Where there once were shackles and beatings, now there is emotional as well as intellectual growth for the inmates, who are called scholars.
After Concussion, Man Becomes Musical Genius
When Derek Amato crashed headfirst into the hard bottom of a pool, he was scared about what he might have done to his brain. But amazingly, the accident brought Amato an unexpected gift: it turned him into a musical savant. Amato now plays the piano like a virtuoso, making up melodies from the patterns of black and white blocks that stream across his brain in endless succession.
Egyptian Orchestra Spotlights All-Blind Female Musicians
From its musical sounds, it's just like any other professional orchestra. But the assembly of white-veiled Egyptian women in matching black gowns has a startling difference. Every woman in the orchestra is blind. The women in Cairo's Egyptian Blind Girls Chamber Orchestra first study the songs in braille, memorizing every note on their sheet music. The group has already performed on five continents and in 24 countries.
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