Stories
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Renaissance women and their killer cosmetics
In this extract from ‘How to be a Renaissance Woman’, Jill Burke delves into a complex world of beauty products, poison and patriarchy – and reveals the impossible contradictions of femininity faced by 16th-century women.
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Vivekananda’s journey
How a young Indian monk’s travels around the world inspired modern yoga.
Catalogue
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Proceedings of the 2nd World Congress on Fertility and Sterility, Naples, Italy, May 18-26, 1956.
International Fertility Association.Date: 1956- Archives and manuscripts
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M0000088: new excavations at Herculaneum, Naples, Italy
Date: 01 July 1929Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/2/86Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Pictures
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Caserta Royal Palace, Naples, Italy: Diana with her nymphs: sculptures in front of a waterfall in the palace gardens. Photograph, ca. 1870, of marble sculptures, ca. 1750.
Date: 1870Reference: 576667i- Pictures
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Caserta Royal Palace, Naples, Italy: Acteon attacked by his dogs: sculptures in front of a waterfall in the palace gardens. Photograph, ca. 1870, of marble sculptures, ca. 1750.
Date: 1870Reference: 576664i- Pictures
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Caserta, Italy: the aqueduct. Engraving.
Date: 1700-1799Reference: 37536i