Ming Dynasty mummy in China !

Archaeologists find Ming Dynasty mummy in China Archaeologists have discovered a well-preserved, 700-year-old, body of a woman inside a stone coffin in China The coffin was found on a building site in Taizhou, in eastern China 's Jiangsu Province . Archaeologists (above) carefully lever the lid off with crowbars The coffin was one of the three discovered in a tomb two metres underground on a construction site in the city Researchers from the Taizhou Museum carefully opened the coffins. In two they found skeletons, Ming Dynasty clothes and funerary objects. However, in the third they found the well preserved body of a woman (above) The 5-foot-long corpse was tightly wrapped in cerecloth (heavy wax-treated linen cloth used for burying the dead), quilt and clothes Archaeologists remove the body from the stone coffin The corpse has complete skin and clearly recognizable facial features, hair and even eyelashes The Mummy. Archaeologists carefully unwrap some of the cloth from around the corpse During their investigations members of the Taizhou museum team found a number of funerary objects, including a gem ring, a silver hairpin and more than 20 pieces of cotton clothing from the time of the Ming. The Gem Ring . The Shoe.

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At first glance, this may look like a landscape painted on canvas. But on closer inspection, the rolling green hills are actually painted onto a woman's body. Craig Tracy spent hours painstakingly painting the woman's curves to create the optical illusion.   Daredevil Joe Egan launches himself from a dive platform 80 feet in the air in the Sinbad International High Dive Show.  at the Sydney Royal Easter Show US Air Force cadets with the Wings of Blue Parachute Demonstration Team form up while attempting to break the largest formation collegiate record, with a 46-person formation above Gila Bend, Arizona Photographer Claudio Gazzaroli visited the Ticino Verzasca River in Switzerland, where he came across this arched bridge, known as Roman Bridge. He decided to jump into the crystal clear water with his camera to capture this novel perspective on a well-known tourist site. The moon is seen behind the St Peter and St Paul Cathedral in St Petersburg, Russia The sun is reflected from the top of the 105-floor Ryugyong Hotel, which remains under construction, in Pyongyang, North Korea A young boy dressed in traditional costume yawns as he and others are carried to be ordained during the Poy Sang Long festival at a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand A member of the Philadelphia 76ers flight squad dunks between periods of a game against the Toronto Raptors in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Italian cyclist Matteo Trentin reacts after he fell during the 100th edition of the Scheldeprijs, a 202km race in Schoten, Belgium Swedish golfer Henrik Stenson's son Karl watches as his father gets a ball from his caddie Oliver O'Reilly during the par three competition at the Masters golf tournament in Augusta

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At first glance, this may look like a landscape painted on canvas. But on closer inspection, the rolling green hills are actually painted onto a woman's body. Craig Tracy spent hours painstakingly painting the woman's curves to create the optical illusion.   Daredevil Joe Egan launches himself from a dive platform 80 feet in the air in the Sinbad International High Dive Show.  at the Sydney Royal Easter Show US Air Force cadets with the Wings of Blue Parachute Demonstration Team form up while attempting to break the largest formation collegiate record, with a 46-person formation above Gila Bend, Arizona Photographer Claudio Gazzaroli visited the Ticino Verzasca River in Switzerland, where he came across this arched bridge, known as Roman Bridge. He decided to jump into the crystal clear water with his camera to capture this novel perspective on a well-known tourist site. The moon is seen behind the St Peter and St Paul Cathedral in St Petersburg, Russia The sun is reflected from the top of the 105-floor Ryugyong Hotel, which remains under construction, in Pyongyang, North Korea A young boy dressed in traditional costume yawns as he and others are carried to be ordained during the Poy Sang Long festival at a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand A member of the Philadelphia 76ers flight squad dunks between periods of a game against the Toronto Raptors in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Italian cyclist Matteo Trentin reacts after he fell during the 100th edition of the Scheldeprijs, a 202km race in Schoten, Belgium Swedish golfer Henrik Stenson's son Karl watches as his father gets a ball from his caddie Oliver O'Reilly during the par three competition at the Masters golf tournament in Augusta

Adorable animal expressions in photos

 

Adorable animal expressions in photos

From a smiley seal to a jaw-dropping polar bear, see some sensational photos captured by 

photographer Sergey Kokinskiy after he got up close and personal with wildlife living in colder climates. 

Warning: The following images are so cute, they could make your heart melt.

 

 

1: Here's looking at you, kid! A baby Adelie penguin is pictured with two elder ones 

during feeding time on Paulet Island, Antarctica. 

The Russian photographer likens his craft to one 

 

2: An Adelie penguin looks bewildered on Paulet Island, Antarctica.

 

3: A sleepy fur seal is pictured catching a few winks on a rock in Stromness, South Georgia Island.

 

4: "I'm so embarrassed. I thought the invitation said 'come as you are' so I wore my birthday suit, 

but everyone else turned up in tuxedos! Where are my glasses?"

 

5: Ice to meet you: A weddell seal literally chills out in Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula. 

Speaking about his breathtaking work, photographer Sergey Kokinskiy said: "If you notice, 

many of the subjects of my photos could have recognisable human emotions transferred onto them: 

love, envy, hatred, greed, malice, cunning, compassion, and more."

 

6: A fur seal looks surprised on Stromness, South Georgia Island.

 

7: Happy feet: This picture of a group of penguins dancing is one of many highlights 

of the wildlife photographer's jaw-dropping work.

 

8: A pensive chinstrape penguin on the South Orkney Islands.

 

9: Open wide: This polar bear could be either yawning or shocked as Sergey snaps the 

furry creature in action on Franz Josef Land, Russia.

Yacht Sirius for President Medvedev

Purchase of a vessel held in mid December 2010. The deal amounted to 30 million evro.Na this yacht, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will host world leaders who came to the Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014 godu.Sudno was built by order of a certain Italian businessman, whose name was not called, and launched in 2009 year. For some time it was used as a charter yacht. The decision to buy Sirius was taken after she was taken in the charter for the Russian prezidenta.Na the upper deck of a swimming pool with artificial waterfall and a Jacuzzi for six people. In the same guest is provided a barbecue when they want to dine outdoors and not in restorane.Sudno can accommodate up to 12 guests and 11 crew members. For VIPs, there are six spacious VIP-cabin with satellite TV, internet and private baths. And in the main and largest cabin also has an office and cloakroom.