King Tut’s iconic mask is 21 inches tall, inlaid with precious stones, and features a 5.5-pound golden beard as part of the larger 22.5-pound gold mask. That beard may have been an afterthought when ...

What’s the first thing you think of when planning a trip to Venice? For most, it’s the canals, gondolas, and, let’s be honest, all the pizza you can handle. We were giddy and excited to visit Venice ...

Orsola, and those around her, live on what Chevalier calls “time alla Veneziana,” or “Venetian time ... readers are treated ...

Believing the plague spread through miasma, or bad air, doctors wore elaborate costumes with beak-like masks filled with aromatic substances to protect themselves. Also called 'Black Death' and ...

Artist Tomokazu Matsuyama (front) and curator Christoph Doswald (behind) at the opening of “Mythologiques” (2024). Photo: ...

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The 21st century pharmaceutical and biotech sector has come a long way from its roots in 19th century pharmacy. pharmaphorum looks at its evolution over the centuries. The roots of the ...

Japanese people have taken to wearing face masks during the pandemic, but the main reason for doing so has more to do with going along with others than preventing the coronavirus from spreading ...