Stories
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My body, my hair
To depilate or not to depilate? Farah Esset and Eden Rickson share a collection of personal pictures and stories that explore the intimate interplay between body hair and identity.
- Article
Why the world needs collectors
Those who collect play an important role as “facilitators of curiosity”, says Anna Faherty.
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Bleeding healthy
For thousands of years, and in many different cultures, people have practised bloodletting for health and medical reasons. Julia Nurse explains where and when bleeding was used, how it was done, and why.
- Book extract
The psychology of Ouija
Explore the science behind table tilting and Ouija boards, and discover how the unscrupulous still make money from exploiting the ‘ideomotor’ effect.
Catalogue
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Egypt: a fort on a bank of the Nile. Watercolour.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 2535441i
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Egypt under Rameses the Great / by E.A. Wallis Budge.
Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934.Date: 1902
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Egypt: a temple: the carved exterior facade. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.
Sébah, Pascal, 1823-1886.Date: 1875Reference: 576203i
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Egypt (Luxor?): a colonnade; a man with a camel in the foreground. Photograph by A. Beato, ca. 1870.
Beato, Antonio, -1906.Date: 1870Reference: 574858i
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Egypt: a temple in ruins. Photograph (by Jean or Pascal Sébah ?), 1870/1890 (?).
Sébah, Pascal, 1823-1886.Date: 1870-1890Reference: 576198i