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Cara Delevingne and Tutankhamun on the Throne, 1323 BC, from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

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Emily Blunt and a Golden Crown of the Ptolemaic Era, 2nd Century BC, from the Brooklyn Museum

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Lupita Nyong'o and Predynastic Egyptian Combs of 3800 BC, with a Ceramic Dress of 2550 BC from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Ryan Murphy and the Golden Cylindrical Amulet of 1800 BC from the British Museum

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Salma Hayek and a Portrait from a Romano-Egyptian Mummy of the 1st Century AD in the Metropolitan Museum

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Kim Kardashian and the Predynastic Female Figure of 3500 BC from the Brooklyn Museum

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Billy Porter and the Pectoral of Tutankhamun, 1323 BC, from the Cairo Museum

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Egyptologist Margaret Maitland pairs Met Gala looks with ancient artefacts

Egyptologist and Senior Curator of Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Mediterranean at National Museums Scotland Dr Margaret Maitland has put together a wildly cool selection of Met Gala looks and the artefacts of antiquity associated with them. For example, Lady Gaga and the dancing girls from the Tomb of Nebamun,

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An Idea for the Met Gala

An idea for the Met Gala. The madcap hairstyle of this Roman lady, which resembles a wasps' nest, was the last word in fashion in the Flavian era, when the women of Rome at last abandoned the plain parting, the single-coloured headscarf, the plait or the straight hair

Faith · Art · Museums · Mores · Rome

Caravaggio painted the Virgin Mary from Rome's most famous prostitute, Maddalena Antognetti, known as Lena, yet her child is the very embodiment of holy simplicity, for he is not to blame for his mother's transgressions, and he even tramples the symbol of

Caravaggio painted the Virgin Mary from Rome's most famous prostitute, Maddalena Antognetti, known as Lena, yet her child is the very embodiment of holy simplicity, for he is not to blame for his mother's transgressions, and he even tramples the symbol of sin. The canvas even

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I maintain that in Bernini's "Rape of Proserpina" it is most unjust that all the attention goes to Proserpina's bottom: Hades is very fine too

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Golden wreath of 315 BC found during construction of the Thessaloniki metro

A golden wreath tied with a Heraclean knot, which is rather unreliable at home and at sea. Found in a Macedonian tomb. The diadem is in splendid condition, and although it dates from 315 BC, it is one of 300,000 finds from 5,000 burials excavated during the construction