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This is the story of an unsung hero of photography: Harry Burton, the man whose images of the Tutankhamun excavation created a global sensation in the 1920s. Explore the spectacular locations where Burton worked, including Tutankhamun’s tomb and the surrounding temples.
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Papyrology expert Margaret Mountford goes in search of the truth behind the legend of Sappho, the most controversial writer of the ancient world and the first authentic woman’s voice in Western history. The mysterious discovery of a lost papyrus containing the words to songs unheard for 1700 years sends Margaret on a journey to discover the truth about Sappho. Was she indeed the first lesbian, a priestess, sex worker, a stern schoolmistress or an aristocratic lady of leisure as readers over the centuries have variously alleged? We ask how each generation’s view of the archetypal liberated woman of letters tells us as much about us and our fears as it does about her.
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En el año 79 d.C., el legendario Vesubio entró en erupción provocando la destrucción de las ciudades de Pompeya y Herculano. Mucho tiempo después, concretamente en el año 1860, el arqueólogo Giuseppe Fiorelli descubrió que una serie de huecos en la capa de ceniza habían albergado los cadáveres de la gente antes de su descomposición definitiva. Rellenando los espacios con yeso, Fiorelli obtuvo unos moldes que mostraban con gran precisión el último momento de la vida de los ciudadanos que no escaparon a la erupción.
