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Womb milk and the puzzle of the placenta
A human baby needs milk to survive – and this holds true even before it’s born. Joanna Wolfarth explores “womb milk”, as well as ancient and modern ideas about the placenta.
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Naked, not nude
Classicist Caroline Vout argues that it’s time to take the dust covers off the Ancient Greeks and Romans, and to encounter their bodies not nude, but naked.
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Graveyards as green getaways
Stressed city dwellers have been visiting cemeteries in greater numbers since the start of the pandemic. Discover how, despite the constant reminders of death, graveyards bring visitors a sense of renewal.
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Funerary pit.
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Funerary monument of Fadianus Bubbal.
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Funerary monument to Alice, the daughter of Francis Taylor: her effigy, sleeping. Lithograph by H. Tiffin after F. Taylor, ca. 1845.
Tiffin, H.Date: [1845?]Reference: 571855i- Archives and manuscripts
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M0004966: Funerary stele with Greek verse
Date: 2 November 1936Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/40/55Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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M0004920: Funerary stele depicting a woman who has died during childbirth, 6th century BC
Date: October 1936Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/40/12Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive