Glassell Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Akan goldwork looks to local fauna for motifs (above, a sword ornament of ... to the Americas.) Around 1700, the Akan’s most populous ethnic ...

The recording of a giant squid found off the coast of Japan continues to captivate audiences to this day. Although the event ...

He wore a great coat, which hid a military uniform and a sword. Beneath his coat Lay carried a hollowed-out book with a secret compartment, into which he had tucked a tied-off animal bladder ...