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The current that kills

In the 19th century, electricity held life in the balance, with the power to execute – or reanimate.

  • Article

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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Why the scariest monsters look almost human

Something is wrong, but you’re not sure what. Amy Jones explores exactly why your worst nightmare is the monster that’s almost human.

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Trading breastmilk with men

When Alev Scott advertised her milk for sale, she was inundated with messages from men keen to satisfy sexual fetishes. Here she finds out who they are, and why women sell to them.

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  • Unwrapped Mummy of Ramses II
  • Photograph described as showing a 'Man Mummy'. Caption: 'Un "Homme Momie"'
  • Egyptology, Specimen of mummy cloth.
  • A mummy brought from Egypt.
  • Anubis tending mummy. Tombs of the Kings, Thebes
  • Anterior aspect of the mummy of a priest.
  • A mummy from the Chulpas of Bolivia. Photograph, 19--.
  • An Egyptian mummy in the Museo Nazionale, Naples. Photograph by G. Sommer, 189-.
  • Pott's disease in a mummy of a priest of Ammon, 21st Dynasty
  • Mummy-cases for Queen Hathor Hont-Taui, King Thothmes II and the priest Nebseni and their mummified contents. Wood engraving after E. Brugsch, 1882.
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