Stories
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A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
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The yogi as hermit, warrior, criminal and showman
How the modern world changed the life and reputation of the yogi.
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Yoga gets physical
Modern yoga owes a debt to the physical culture movement that created a world obsessed with health and fitness.
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
Catalogue
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Baolee at Ramnagur, Benares, India: the public bath in the Ramnagur Palace. Coloured aquatint, 1813.
Date: 30 March 1813Reference: 22395i- Books
The clean body : a modern history / Peter Ward.
Ward, W. PeterDate: [2019]- Books
Social sauna : bathing & wellbeing / Jane Withers & Ria Hawthorn ; edited by Jane Withers Studio.
Date: [2023]- Books
Feasts and fasts : a history of food in India / Colleen Taylor Sen.
Sen, Colleen TaylorDate: 2015- Archives and manuscripts
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Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 14
Date: June - September 1903Reference: WF/E/03/14Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd