The photorealistic paintings  ocean waves - thats what painter and surfer Ran Ortner is best known for his large-scale, photorealistic paintings of ocean waves. There's a wonderful documentary in progress about the Brooklyn-based artist's work, and you can watch it below. Ortner writes, Water is a manifestation of the multitude of wave energies that surround…

Talismans and amulets in ancient Egypt Queen Cleopatra made the Egyptian asp snake famous when she chose to use it's venom to commit suicide. But did you know the Asp snake is a powerful Egyptian symbol. Talismans and amulets are still today very much part of popular culture in Egypt and seem to have a…

Photographer Elena Shumilova has captured the inseparable bond that exists between animals and children in a heart-warming selection of pictures. They capture children and animals at various moments in every-day life in Moscow and Andreapol, Russia. Children are pictured playing with animals in a woodland, gazing out of a frosty, steamed up window before bed…