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Editorial Ringo Starr Immortalises His `Peace And Love` Hand Gesture With Collectible Statues
Editorial Basher The 6ft Behemoth Finally Finds Home After Two Years
Editorial German Students Break Electric Vehicle Acceleration Record
Editorial Italian Scientists Build `3D Printed Hans Muscles`
Editorial Life-size Ferrari made with Lego goes on display
Editorial The worlds most innovative electric motorcycles going on display in new exhibition
Editorial 18-carat solid gold Hermès Birkin bag sells for more than $1 million (USD)
Editorial The Last Judgement. Saint Michael weighs the souls. From the church Santa Maria de Tauell.
Editorial Glass weight.
Editorial Peace of Nijmegen, in honor of Anselm French Count of Ingelheim, Archbishop of Mainz, Silver Medal. Obverse: man's bust above crowned coat of arms within an inscription. Reverse: hand from clouds weighs branches of peace on scales against sword within ...
Editorial Glass weight.
Editorial Frederik de Marselaer, twenty-ninth intendant of the canal of Brussels, Copper Medal. Front: helmeted coat of arms, flanked by two dogs within an inscription. Reverse: Saint Michael weighs winch and flowers against trade instruments and a Mercury staff...
Editorial Three Samples of Iron Cable, Three samples of iron cable, all cable lay. One consists of three times three strands, each composed of thirteen yarns, it has a circumference of two inches and it weighs three pounds. The other two, one of which is galvani...
Editorial Decapitation of James, Duke of Monmouth and Duke Archibald of Argyle, Silver Medal. Obverse: on an altar with crowned coat of arms encircled by garter order are four scepters and a bust of a man with laurel wreath, in background Neptune in sea-going ca...
Editorial Execution of Marie Antoinette, Silver Medal. Obverse: bust of a woman with a diadem inside the inscription. Reverse: woman with snakes on her head and torch in hand weighs crown and paper with inscription 'Law' against sword, with balance in favor of t...
Editorial Ursus maritimus, Print, The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is a large bear, approxima...
Editorial Celeus flavus, Print, The cream-colored woodpecker (Celeus flavus) is unmistakably recognizable by its pale but distinct yellow plumage and beak, long erect crest, dark brown wings and black tail. The male is differentiated by the female by its thick b...
Editorial Caretta olivacea, Print, Loggerhead sea turtle, The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), also commonly called the loggerhead, is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. It is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniid...
Editorial Crax daubentoni, Print, The yellow-knobbed curassow (Crax daubentoni) is a large species of bird found in forest and woodland in Colombia and Venezuela. It feeds mainly on the ground, but flies up into trees if threatened. Its most striking features ar...
Editorial Caretta bissa, Print, Loggerhead sea turtle, The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), also commonly called the loggerhead, is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. It is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniidae....
Editorial Ursus maritimus, Print, The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is a large bear, approxima...
Editorial Ursus maritimus, Print, The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is a large bear, approxima...
Editorial Felis caracal, Print, The caracal (Caracal caracal) is a medium-sized wild cat native to Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and India. It is characterised by a robust build, long legs, a short face, long tufted ears, and long canine teeth. Its coat...
Editorial Nasua narica, Print, The white-nosed coati (Nasua narica), also known as the coatimundi, is a species of coati and a member of the family Procyonidae (raccoons and their relatives). Local Spanish names for the species include pizote, antoon, and tej?n,...
Editorial Felis caracal, Print, The caracal (Caracal caracal) is a medium-sized wild cat native to Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and India. It is characterised by a robust build, long legs, a short face, long tufted ears, and long canine teeth. Its coat...
Editorial Corvus crassirostris, Print, The thick-billed raven (Corvus crassirostris), a corvid from the Horn of Africa, shares with the common raven the distinction of being the largest bird in the corvid family, and indeed the largest of the most diverse bird o...
Editorial Ursus maritimus, Print, The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is a large bear, approxima...
Editorial Ursus maritimus, Print, The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is a large bear, approxima...
Editorial Celeus flavus, Print, The cream-colored woodpecker (Celeus flavus) is unmistakably recognizable by its pale but distinct yellow plumage and beak, long erect crest, dark brown wings and black tail. The male is differentiated by the female by its thick b...
Editorial Ursus maritimus, Print, The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is a large bear, approxima...
Editorial Sorex araneus, Print, The common shrew (Sorex araneus), also known as the Eurasian shrew, is the most common shrew, and one of the most common mammals, throughout Northern Europe, including Great Britain, but excluding Ireland. It is 55 to 82 millimetr...
Editorial Cissopis leveriana, Print, The magpie tanager (Cissopis leverianus ) is a South American species of tanager. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Cissopis. As suggested by its common name, this blue-black and white species is superficially remi...
Editorial Nasua narica, Print, The white-nosed coati (Nasua narica), also known as the coatimundi, is a species of coati and a member of the family Procyonidae (raccoons and their relatives). Local Spanish names for the species include pizote, antoon, and tej?n,...
Editorial Ursus maritimus, Print, The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is a large bear, approxima...
Editorial Cissopis media, Print, Magpie tanager, The magpie tanager (Cissopis leverianus ) is a South American species of tanager. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Cissopis. As suggested by its common name, this blue-black and white species is superf...
Editorial Trochilidae, Print, Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and constitute the biological family Trochilidae. They are the smallest of birds, most species measuring 7.5?13 cm (3?5 in) in length. The smallest extant bird species is the 5 cm (2.0 i...
Editorial Nasua narica, Print, The white-nosed coati (Nasua narica), also known as the coatimundi, is a species of coati and a member of the family Procyonidae (raccoons and their relatives). Local Spanish names for the species include pizote, antoon, and tej?n,...
Editorial Phascolarctos cinereus, Print, The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus, or, inaccurately, koala bear) is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living relative...
Editorial Ursus maritimus, Print, The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is a large bear, approxima...
Editorial Ursus maritimus, Print, The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is a large bear, approxima...
Editorial Nycticebus coucang, Print, The Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) or greater slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to Indonesia, western Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore. It measures 27 to 38 cm (11 to 15 ...
Editorial Nasua narica, Print, The white-nosed coati (Nasua narica), also known as the coatimundi, is a species of coati and a member of the family Procyonidae (raccoons and their relatives). Local Spanish names for the species include pizote, antoon, and tej?n,...
Editorial Nasua narica, Print, The white-nosed coati (Nasua narica), also known as the coatimundi, is a species of coati and a member of the family Procyonidae (raccoons and their relatives). Local Spanish names for the species include pizote, antoon, and tej?n,...
Editorial Odontophorus balliviani, Print, The stripe-faced wood quail (Odontophorus balliviani) is a species of New World Quail found in the Yungas of southern Peru and Bolivia. It is about 27 cm in length and weighs approximately 0.325 kg., 1820-1863.
Editorial Antidorcas marsupialis, Print, The springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) is a medium-sized antelope found mainly in southern and southwestern Africa. The sole member of the genus Antidorcas, this bovid was first described by the German zoologist Eberhard ...
Editorial bell.
Editorial Bowl with flutes from shoulder to rosette at base and with inscribed weight.
Editorial Sphinx of Hatshepsut.
Editorial Glass weight.
Editorial Bowl with flutes from shoulder to rosette at base and with inscribed weight.
Editorial Glass weight.
Editorial Daniel Lambert (13 March 1770 – 21 June 1809) was a gaol keeper and animal breeder from Leicester, England, famous for his unusually large size. Lyson's Collectanea. 1750 - 1780. Mr. Daniel Lambert, Thirty-six years of age. Weighs upwards of 50 stone...
Editorial South London Palace, Lambeth. Miss Elizabeth Lyska, the famous Russian giantess the greatest modern phenomenon. The sensation of the age … Though but eleven years old, she is now over 7-ft. high and weighs about 300lbs. Portrait of Elizabeth Lyska "F...
Editorial The huge suit of armour of Count Ulrich IX Matsch, Lord of the Churburg. The armour is made for a man at least 2m tall and weighs 45,5 kgs.
Editorial Weight of 3 Deben in the Shape of a Gazelle, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1390?1352 B.C., From Egypt, Bronze or copper alloy, h. 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in); l. 7.1 cm (2 13/16 in); w. 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in), The notation on the back of this gazelle indicates that i...
Editorial Bull's-Head Weight of 2 Deben, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550?1391 B.C., From Egypt, Bronze or copper alloy, H. 3.1 cm (1 1/4 i); w. 4.3 cm (11 1/16 in), The notation on the back of this bull's head sets its weight at 2 deben, an ancient Egyptian me...
Editorial Sphinx of Hatshepsut.
Editorial Bowl with flutes from shoulder to rosette at base and with inscribed weight.
Editorial The Virgin Mary and Five Standing Saints above Predella Panels.
Editorial Glass weight.
Editorial bell.
Editorial Reinforcing Breastplate, ca. 1625?30, probably Milan, Italian, probably Milan, Steel, silver, H. 16 in. (40.6 cm); W. 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm); D. 11 in. (27.9 cm); Wt. 14 lb. 11 oz. (6662 g), Armor Parts-Breastplates, This reinforcing breastplate was inte...
Editorial Weight of 3 Deben in the Shape of a Gazelle, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1390?1352 B.C., From Egypt, Bronze or copper alloy, h. 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in); l. 7.1 cm (2 13/16 in); w. 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in), The notation on the back of this gazelle indicates that i...
Editorial Gold Neck Ring, 6th?4th century B.C., Made in Southern Russia or Black Sea Region (?), Celtic, Gold, Overall: 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 1/2 in., 1lb. (19 x 19.1 x 1.2 cm, 500g), Metalwork-Gold, This elegant and technically accomplished solid gold torque, which w...
Editorial Bull's-Head Weight of 2 Deben, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550?1391 B.C., From Egypt, Bronze or copper alloy, H. 3.1 cm (1 1/4 i); w. 4.3 cm (11 1/16 in), The notation on the back of this bull's head sets its weight at 2 deben, an ancient Egyptian me...
Editorial Female weighs an orb, Jan Luyken, Pieter Arentsz (II), 1687.
Editorial LARGE CAT, 1850. This noble specimen of the Cat is domesticated at No. 175, Oxford Street, London. He is a beautifully marked Tabby, and is very docile. He weighs 25.75 lb.; and measures 27 inches round the body, and 36.5 inches from the tip of the tai...
Editorial The Last Judgement. Saint Michael weighs the souls. From the church Santa Maria de Tauell.
Editorial The Archangel Michael weighs the souls on Judgement Day, around 1500.
Editorial Te Pito Kura, " navel of the world" is a ball-shaped, very heavy stone which weighs approximately one ton and has a diameter of one meter. The " navel" was once brought to La Perouse-Bay, the place where J. F. Galaup, comte de La Pe...
Editorial Ahu Tongariki has 15 moai statues. The tallest measures 8,90 m and weighs 88 tons. In the course of several centuries,older statues were toppled,broken up and used as filling material for larger platforms with larger statues.
Editorial The huge suit of armour of Count Ulrich IX Matsch, Lord of the Churburg. The armour is made for a man at least 2m tall and weighs 45,5 kgs.
Editorial View across the temple compound of Karnak towards the obelisk of Pharaoh Tuthmosis I (1508-1493 BCE), 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom. The obelisk is 23 m high and weighs 143 tons.