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Stunning Before And After Shows Transformation Of Empty Conch Shells

Buying souvenirs is a fun part of any trip. But some of the best ones aren’t the kind that are purchased. For example, beach trips are the perfect time to collect a few shells. Enter Paige. She’s a ...
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Diwali 2025: Why is the conch shell essential for worshipping Goddess Lakshmi on Diwali? Learn about its religious significance.

Diwali 2025: The festival of Diwali is considered significant for the worship of Goddess Lakshmi, along with the lights and decorations. There is also a tradition of purchasing conch shells on this ...
ABC News

Picasso painting worth an estimated $650,000 vanishes on the way to Spanish museum

“Spain has some of the best art-crime investigators in the world." On a quiet Friday morning in early October, a van carrying dozens of paintings arrived at the CajaGranada Cultural Center, a modern ...
The Punch Newspapers

Shell, Sunlink seal $2bn deal for Nigeria’s HI gas project

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited, a subsidiary of Shell plc, together with Sunlink Energies and Resources Limited, has taken a final investment decision on the HI gas project ...
The New York Times

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

The mishap, during an anniversary celebration for the Marine Corps attended by the vice president and defense secretary, underscores safety concerns that Gov. Gavin Newsom voiced before Saturday’s ...
Military Times

Marine artillery shell explodes over highway during drill, police say

Marines fire an M777 Howitzer during a training exercise. (Lance Cpl. Christian Ayers/Marine Corps) Metal shrapnel from an exploding artillery shell fell and damaged a California Highway Patrol ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This Tiny Picasso Painting Went Missing While Traveling to an Exhibition in Spain

Pablo Picasso painted Still Life With Guitar in 1919. Bettmann A postcard-sized Pablo Picasso painting has gone missing in Spain. Titled Still Life With Guitar, the 1919 gouache artwork disappeared ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Meet Henri Rousseau, the Untrained Artist Who Wouldn’t Quit Painting—Despite the Ridicule He Received From Critics

In 1893, a French toll worker named Henri Rousseau quit his job to pursue painting. The untrained artist produced imaginative portraits, landscapes and jungle scenes, submitting them to Paris’ ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

Personal belongings, paintings of late actor Gene Hackman to be auctioned next month

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. As news cameras circled a gated community in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Santa Fe, the ...
CBC.ca

Taylor Swift fans flock to German museum to see painting with similarities to The Fate of Ophelia video

A German museum has been unexpectedly overrun by Taylor Swift fans because one of its paintings bears a striking resemblance to the opening scene of Swift's current No. 1 hit music video, The Fate of ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Forensic imaging revealing hidden layers under Sidney Nolan's Ned Kelly paintings

Conservators and scientists are forensically examining Sidney Nolan's iconic series of Ned Kelly paintings, looking for hidden stories beneath the top layers of paint. Using imaging technology ...