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Fishermen casting their nets off the coast of the Wadden Islands, Texel, the Netherlands, hauled in not the delicious shellfish they expected, but a carved wooden head in exceptional condition. The crew of the shrimp cutter Wieringer 22 caught the sculpture on Tuesday, August 2. They named the head Barry and posted him on social media where he garnered an instant following. Acting on advice from archaeologists, the crew placed the head in an eel tub filled with sea water to keep the wood from drying out and deteriorating while the ship was still out shrimping. On Thursday, August 4, the Wieringer 22 came into port…

Giving birth during a pandᴇmic is no small feat. Is there anything more beautiful or more powerful than a woman giving birth? This life-changing rite of the passage gives birth to both a new kid and a new mother at the same time, and it’s a once-in-a-lifetime event. The ability to witness such beauty and strength via the sharing of birth photos helps to normalize birth and bodies, and we are delighted to be able to share the best of the best with you here. Through her photos, we hope women recognize that all types of birth are beautiful and…

Irish couple couldn’t believe it when the three babies were born on the exact day their ᴅᴇᴀᴅ child was due. When Ali had a ᴍɪsᴄᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇ at the end of November, their arrival helped to ease the ᴀɢᴏɴʏ of ʟᴏsɪɴɢ a child. Alison O’Leary was pregnant with her second baby when she had a ᴍɪsᴄᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇ. She and her husband Chris Deasy, both 32, live in Ireland and have gone through the sᴀᴅᴅᴇsᴛ time of their lives. What they didn’t know was that two months later, Alison would become pregnant with triplets. “When I ʟᴏsᴛ the baby, we were absolutely ᴅᴇᴠᴀsᴛᴀᴛᴇᴅ. I…

After three ᴍɪsᴄᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇs in the space of a year, a 30-year-old woman gave birth to triplets. She discovered years too late that she suffered from a ᴘᴀᴛʜᴏʟᴏɢʏ ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴏᴜs for a ꜰᴇᴛᴜs. The future can sometimes turn out to be very surprising. Hannah, a 30-year-old British mother, demonstrates this to us. After giving birth to her first daughter Isabella in May 2018, the young woman and her partner Siobhan decided not to stop there. They then decided to use the same sᴘᴇʀᴍ ᴅᴏɴᴏʀ, anonymously, as for their first child. Unfortunately, the ɪɴsᴇᴍɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴs did not produce anything. Indeed, the Daily Mail reports…

Juliet Cannici, a photographer based in Massachusetts, and her wife Nikki are the proud parents of Nico and Siena, who are two years old, and Gia and Gemma, who are almost one month old. When 2 moms brought home their second set of twin babies, they thought it was a fitting occasion for a photoshoot. Thanks to kids being kids, however, their original concept didn’t go as well as planned, but what happened instead was the epitome of adorable. The older twins were not thrilled to be photographed in fancy costumes, but once the costumes were removed, they were all…

New excavations have coaxed more secrets from Gribshunden, the flagship of the Danish-Norwegian King Hans which mysteriously sank in 1495 off the coast of Ronneby, Sweden. The wreck is internationally significant as the world’s best-preserved ship from the Age of Exploration – a proxy for the vessels of Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama. During August and September, a scientific team from Lund University, Blekinge Museum, and the Danish Viking Ship Museum excavated portions of the wreck. Recovered artifacts include artillery, hand guns, and major components of the steering gear and stern castle.  3D-models of key structural components have allowed…

The relationship of grandma and grandpa with their grandchildren is not only wonderful but also irreplaceable! We understand it from the first moment they hug their newborn grandchild and cry joyful tears. And when that first encounter is captured on camera, it creates a priceless memory that the whole family will treasure for years to come. These moments are precious and truly touching. And for real, you can check out the photos below that will definitely make you smile and want to call your parents! Opa & Oma Are All Smiles Baby Oliver was born in September 2019. Opa and…

A couple’s yearning to embrace parenthood was answered in a way they had never seen coming. After a period of sheer uncertainty and struggle, their heartfelt prayers were answered when the doctor gave them astonishing yet heartwarming news. The same was true for a couple from Versailles, Kentucky, who wanted to revel in parental joy more than anything. Brianna and Jordan went through an emotional rollercoaster for more than two years, and despite their best efforts, they faced difficulty conceiving. Although the duo tried to stay positive, their hopes wavered when their pregnancy tests came out negative every time. Determined…

The remains of dozens of child sacrifice victims have been unearthed in Peru, and many more are likely waiting to be found, archaeologists say. Seventy-six child sacrifices were found recently as part of ongoing excavations near Huanchaco, Peru. The skeletons show evidence that the children’s hearts were removed, said Gabriel Prieto, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Florida who directs the excavations at Pampa La Cruz, the site near Huanchaco where the remains were found. All 76 skeletons had a “transversal clean cut across the sternum,” Prieto said, which suggests that “they possibly opened up the rib…

Stephanie Latchum, from Ferryhill, UK, really wanted a second child. But she couldn’t get pregnant naturally. After experiencing two ᴍɪsᴄᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇs in two years, Stephanie decided to resort to I.V.F. And just before the start, she suddenly found out that she was expecting a baby. Yes, not one, but three! Stephanie and her husband Michael Gough agreed before their wedding that they would have at least two children. Soon the newlyweds had a son, Zach. When the boy grew up a little, the couple decided that it was time to think about the second baby. And they both really wanted it…

Taking to Facebook, Hailey shared a series of striking photos she took as young mum Sarita gave birth to Amos and Noah, with her husband and baby son Emerson there to support her. “It was peaceful and powerful,” Hailey told HELLO!. “It took me several days to process the beauty of it all. She was so calm and gentle and kind. I sent her tons of screenshots as I was doing the editing and was so happy and in love with the photos.” Little Emerson sᴛᴇᴀʟs the show in some of the heart-warming snaps, adorably kissing his ᴍᴜᴍᴍʏ on the…

Swedish maritime archaeologists have discovered the long-lost sister vessel of the iconic 17th-century warship “Vasa,” which sank on its maiden voyage, the Swedish Museum of Wrecks said on Oct. 24. A gunport of the warship “Applet” is seen at a strait at Vaxholm, Sweden. Launched in 1629, “Applet” (The Apple) was built by the same shipbuilder as the famed 69-meter “Vasa,” which is now on display in Stockholm after being salvaged in the 1960s. “Our pulses raced when we saw how similar the wreck was to Vasa,” said Jim Hansson, maritime archaeologist at the museum. The huge shipwreck was discovered in December…

Pregnancy is a special experience in a woman’s life, but some people do have to go to great lengths to ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇɪᴠᴇ a child, or even give up in the pursuit. The 32-year-old British woman, Kayla Gilnes, herself, is one of the triplets, but she was unable to ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇɪᴠᴇ for 10 years. After that, she tried ꜰᴇʀᴛɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ and ʟᴏsᴛ her child. Unexpectedly, God gave her an even greater blessing: “pregnant with quadruplets”. “Sometimes Allen and I can’t believe these things happen to us. It took us 10 years to become a family, and now we’re a big family of eight.…

One woman shared her unbelievable story of getting pregnant twice in one week, but what’s unbelievable for the Australian is that she had been told she would never be able to have children due to being diagnosed with P.C.O.S when she was 15. Her name is Kimberley Tripp and she is currently 35 years old, although she feared that she would never be able to start a family, now she is the mother of not only one, but two babies, who are also a week apart. These two details are not the most incredible in her story, since Kimberly became pregnant through I.V.F…

We can confidently say that birds are dinosaur descendants, though paleontologists are still puzzled as to how this incredible evolutionary event occurred. Now a complete fossilized skeleton of a bird that lived in what is today China around 120 million years ago might help clarify key steps in the transformation process, presenting with a more archaic, dinosaur-like head atop a body that has more in common with modern birds. Artist’s impression of the 120-million-year-old bird Cratonavis zhui. The transition from dinosaur to bird includes some of the most dramatic changes in shape, function, and environment, which ultimately led to the body plan…

This mother of twins and triplets openly testifies about the physical changes after giving birth. She is grateful that she is raising such beautiful children. It could be said that the Danish Michelle Meier-Morsi became famous for her tummy. She has almost 350 thousand followers on Instagram. How? The mother of five documented her triplet pregnancy and gained a large following for her candor about the changes pregnancy caused in her body. Michella gave birth to twins a few years ago, and at the beginning of this year, the sisters were joined by three more boys – triplets. The very…

Every experience leaves a special mark on someone’s life, but few things can stand out more than bearing and giving birth to a child. Throughout these photos, there are many expressions of childbirth in homes: anxiety and expectation, pain and mood. But in their intimate perspective, the photos emphasize the women’s shared experience – the inward focus and physical determination in their final transformative moments of becoming mothers. Scroll through these photos to understand more about this birth. Under the glow of a full buck moon, Zoe brought her third baby into the world. Labor started with intensity, and quick…

During this year’s excavation in Vráble, Slovakia, archaeologists from the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1266 of Kiel University (CAU) and the Archaeological Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (Nitra) came across a spectacular find: The remains of 38 individuals were found in a ditch surrounding the settlement. Their well-preserved skeletons were jumbled together and all of them were missing their heads, with the exception of a young child. How, when, and why these people’s heads were removed are central questions for future investigations. Already last year, the team had uncovered headless skeletons there. “We assumed to find more human skeletons,…

A young mother has shocked her Tiktok followers with her enormous 7-month-old twins, who have tripled their birth weight. Alexis Larue, 22, from Minnesota, USA can’t believe how fast her twin daughters, Camila and Elena, are growing, they weigh 21lbs each. The mother had to post a video of her babies weighing and measuring to prove that they are really as big as they look and she didn’t edit her videos. So when Alexis, who is only 5’3’’ and weighs 116.4lbs, carries both of her babies at the same time, it makes for quite a comedic picture. Alexis regularly posts…

No matter how much ᴘᴀɪɴ you have, you can overcome it. No matter how much you worry about it, it will be reduced. That is the feeling of a daughter when she goes through labour with her mother by her side. A series of emotional photos below will be a little gratitude for mothers who worked so hard to get us to grow up as we are now. “She was very confident about her daughter in labour. It was so touching and brought me to tears.” (Vivien Stembridge) “The mother (grandmother) supports her daughter when she begins to push.” (Monet…

The finds unearthed during the construction of local metro facilities in Thessaloniki, a Greek port city on the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea and also Greece’s 2nd largest city, are quite impressive. Attiko Metro SA has released a series of stunning photographs that provide a rare glimpse of the ancient city of Thessaloniki. Thessaloniki is hosting the largest archaeological excavation in Northern Greece, covering an area of 20,000 square meters, and the findings are extraordinary and of great historical significance. A pre-Cassandrian small town from the 4th century BC was discovered in Pylaia in 2012 during excavations at the “Amaksostasio” of…

They say that women are raised for easy things, that they can’t stand pain and that they give up more easily than men in difficult times. Those who say that probably have no idea what pregnancy means and especially childbirth. No matter how a woman gives birth, the strength she needs to exert and the pain she experiences are incomparable to one another! The following photos of women from the moment of childbirth will shock you. It only lasted a few minutes, but it will be remembered forever. Breathing and sturdy handles Patience and endurance Water birth with her husband by her side…

Natalie Broders is a true master of her profession. She has extensive experience as a childbirth photographer; she accompanies women both in hospitals and their homes. She also has photos of ᴄᴇsᴀʀᴇᴀɴ sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴs in her portfolio. Childbirth is a great experience for a woman. Here is her body, which has done extremely hard work in recent months, giving birth to a new man. Memories of this effort – ᴘᴀɪɴ, fear, but also unimaginable happiness and relief – will stay with her for a long time. Some women want them to stay not only in memory but also in a more…

When snorkelers discovered what appeared to be ancient stonework off the coast of the Greek island of Zakynthos in 2013, archaeologists sent to the site thought the odd rocks might be the ruins of an ancient city. But among the columns, bagel-shaped rings and paving stone‒like rocks, they found no telltale pottery shards or other artifacts. Soon after, geochemist Julian Andrews of England’s University of East Anglia and colleagues dove down to the supposed ruins and collected samples. Turns out, the so-called Lost City of Zakynthos was built by microbes, not by ancient Greeks. What appear to be submerged Greek…