Yan Junhai is a humble resident of Changsha City, Hunan Province, China. Owner of an admirable talent, the artist creates sculptures of busts with a fascinating wealth of details, using clay as a masterpiece, allowing him great versatility in modeling. Popularly known on the internet after his replica of the 2018 World Cup, Yan continues to amaze locals and tourists who walk the streets of Hunan Capital, however, currently reproducing his art in an even more dynamic and unique way

Beyond viral memes and videos, the internet is also a place to meet new artists and enjoy special works from different parts of the world, especially music, drawing and painting. The glass paintings by the Ukrainian painter Vita are part of the works worth knowing. The artist, resident in the capital city of Kiev, says she has never studied painting formally

You've been to WWII, maybe even like it, but you may never have heard of Soviet sniper Roza Yegorovna Shanina. Born in 1924, in a commune of the Soviet Union near Leningrad, the girl wanted to pursue her academic career, but ended up on the front lines. Want to know how it happened? Check out this amazing story: Desire to study and enlistment Roza Shanina wanted to study literature and walked eight miles every day to go to high school, but her parents didn't like it very much and made her drop out of school

Cell phones, bank cards and submarines, there are a huge amount of things that have been designed for science fiction and have come true over the years. In most cases, fiction not only imagined and predicted, but served as a starting point for research and studies into the viability of some ideas. Check out five of them

Becoming a samurai in traditional Japan was a source of envy and desire for many, but this honor was an achievement of the few, and usually the title respected blood ties and heredity. Although history has not given so much importance to the “African samurai, ” the fact is that Yasuke played a significant role in late sixteenth-century Japan. (S

Living with a pet is among the most fun things in life. They demand a lot of responsibility and care, after all, we are dealing with living beings and they have their particular feelings, but time and dedication are compensated by gestures of affection, affection and a lot of fun. And while dogs and cats are still the favorites of the majority, there is an almost infinite variety of animals that are treated virtually as family members: horses, mice, turtles, tarantulas and even snakes

Qin Shi Huang came to be recognized as First Emperor in unifying China. During his years on the throne, he succeeded in transforming the empire in a way no one else had before. Qin made his entire territory use the same currency, use the same units of measurement, and began building the first version of the Great Wall of China

Hua Mulan is one of China's most legendary women. His heroic actions were first recorded in ancient texts, retold in the famous poem "Ballad de Mulan" and later popularized in the 1998 Disney movie. Today, its story continues to be told in schools across China. Mulan was a Chinese warrior who lived during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, between 420 and 589 AD

Pompeii may be an old acquaintance of archaeologists and has been explored for centuries - the ruins of the city were partially discovered for the first time in the late 16th century and the first excavations themselves took place in the mid-18th century - but it turns and moves new ones. Important discoveries are still made during work done there

The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities has announced the discovery of more than 20 coffins of thousands of years near Luxor, and although the body has not yet released much details about the artifacts, officials said it was one of the largest and most important finds. of the last few years. Important discovery More specifically, according to the BBC, the artifacts were found in the Asasif necropolis, which is close to the famous Valley of the Kings, and were arranged on top of each other in 2 layers - the upper coffins being positioned across over the ones below

The state of Alabama in the United States has a very strong history of racial segregation. Therefore, many films that deal with the theme usually have the state as scenery. Now imagine the story of a black boy, born in Alabama in 1949. All to be another negative statistic about racism and intolerance, right

You may have heard about the Amish, haven't you? They belong to a religious group famous for being extremely conservative - and members often form closed communities in which the use of technologies such as automobiles, electronics and even telephones is very restricted. Another striking feature about the Amish is the way they dress: men wear hats and suits, and women in long, stern dresses and a hood over their heads

If your dream is to know Amsterdam, your dream is not to know the Netherlands. What do you mean? That's right. It turns out that the official name of the country in northwestern Europe is the Netherlands - just like Brazil is officially the Federative Republic of Brazil - and the authorities are willing to spread their official name

Scholars are exploring the North Carolina ship, which sank in 1840, to find out the wreckage. The activity is bringing rare items to the surface that are piquing the interest of collectors and experts. The main item on this list of true treasures are coins of the time, which would have been minted in 1838, and are much sought after by archaeologists and collectors for being so rare

Fulfillment (also called the Fulani or Fulani language) is spoken by up to 60 million people, ranging from Sudan to Senegal and along the Red Sea coast, including 20 countries. The Fulbhe, however, never developed an alphabet for their language; instead they used Arabic and sometimes Latin characters, even though many sounds have no match in either alphabet

Asterix, the famous French comic that has won a legion of fans worldwide turns 60 on October 29th. Filled with metaphors and historical references, the plot, set in Ancient Gaul (the region that today corresponds to France) during the period of the Roman Republic, is characterized by its correspondence with the past and the present in a unique way

A study published in The Journal of Egyptian Archeology suggests that a tomb found in 2012 may contain the oldest version ever found of the Book of Two Ways, the mysterious Egyptian map to the spirit world or the underworld. The tomb, found in central Egypt in the Dayr al-Barsha necropolis, was heavily decayed by fungi, and repeatedly plundered, so it lost some of the content that would be valuable to archaeologists

The story of Pompeii and Herculaneum's destruction is well known and you have probably even seen movies in which Mount Vesuvius explodes in a rain of fire that annihilates the cities. The volcanic explosion of Vesuvius decimated the cities and their people, and in addition important scrolls were charred by the hot debris, turning the scrolls into sensitive, brittle and fragile pieces of carbon that could not be unraveled

HP Lovecraft was inspired and turned on the saci when he created one of the most terrible monsters in fiction! But what is Cthulhu really and what is this 'calling'? Our supernatural tip master will explain a little about this creepy story to us! Watch only if you dare!

According to Egyptian mythology, Osiris is a direct descendant of Ra, god of all creation, being the son of Geb and Nut. Osiris would have reigned in Egypt as the first pharaoh until he was assassinated by his brother Set, who envied him. With this jealous death, Osiris became the supreme god of the underworld, also known as the judge of the underworld