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Engaging experts reveal their favourite hidden objects, places and artistic passions.

In Secret Knowledge, some of our most engaging experts reveal their favourite hidden objects, forgotten places and artistic passions.

Secret Knowledge: The Body Beautiful

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06/06/2015 GMT

The Body Beautiful

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Natalie Haynes explores the Ancient Greeks' preoccupation with the human form.

Natalie Haynes takes a journey into ancient beauty and modern glamour, examining how our obsession with the body beautiful goes back to an era of stunning artistic achievement.

Writer and classicist Natalie Haynes leads us on a journey into ancient beauty and modern glamour, examining how our current obsession with the body beautiful goes back thousands of years to an era of stunning artistic achievement. With unique access to the British Museum's major exhibition, Haynes explores the Greek preoccupation with the human form ranging from objects of abstract simplicity to breathtaking realism.

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