The Roman road to beauty
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Call it the Maximus factor. Archaeologists working at the site of an old Roman temple near Guy&#39;s hospital in London have uncovered a pot of cosmetic cream dating back to AD2.
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The top spots offering a peek into the past.
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A 16th Century painting of Venus featuring the Roman goddess of love wearing little but a smile has been deemed too risque for the eyes of London's tube travellers.
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This year&#39;s opening ceremony to the Olympic Games in Athens was impressive for the mixture of allusions to antiquity and modern innovation.
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The ancient Romans may have mastered the art of building impressive aqueducts to deliver water across their empire, but modern day Italian engineers seem to be struggling with water retention, a study shows.
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OLYMPIA, Greece  The competition was history. The time had come for everyone to leave, to follow the sun toward that narrow path lined with olive trees out of the stadium, a trek that would take athletes and spectators alike not to a ...
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Le vicende del cuore di Ilary Blasi e quelle di Goethe. E poi lavoro, andropausa e sana follia. Citazioni dai vostri post
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BBC Click's David Reid travels to Italy to find out how research into real-time maps may solve Rome's traffic problems.
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When native designer Valentino packed his  bags for the catwalks of Paris 17 years ago, Rome&#39;s fall from  the pinnacle of fashion glory appeared complete.
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Viaggio nella cultura della Parigi degli anni 20 e 30
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Sex, happiness, time, culture, exchange and mind. Money in all its guises.
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Travel: Lynn Barber is captivated by a classic tour of Egypt's ancient wonders
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As a petri dish for examining what makes many of us tick, Second Life reveals just how deep-seated the drive is to fit in, look good and get ahead.
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La stilista precisa: abito apparteneva a mia ultima sfilata
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When Shakespeare wrote that the face of Cleopatra, the ancient queen of Egypt, &quot;beggar'd all description&quot;, he meant that words could not sum up her beauty.
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Beauty may not be just in the eye of the beholder after all because a sense of visual attraction is hardwired in the brain at birth, a British scientist said on Monday.
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THINK London is the preserve of trendy salons? Think again - a Welsh beauty spa where Ioan Gruffudd gets his hair cut has been voted one of the best in Britain.