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Ancient Moche Female Ruler Is Given A Face

We do not know what she called herself, but today she is known as the Lady of Cao. She lived and died in northern Peru 1,700 years ago. We know she was a high-status woman of the Moche culture, because she was buried in a tomb in a pyramid, with a crown and surrounded by gold and copper artifacts. The tomb also suggests that Lady of Cao may have been a warrior: she was buried a number of weapons, including two massive war clubs, and twenty-three spear-throwers!

Modern science has revealed that the Lady of Cao was in her twenties when she died, likely of childbirth or complications following childbirth.  Her feet, legs and face were tattooed with magic symbols of serpents and spiders. And now, science has revealed to us her face.

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Eulalie de Bridieu (French, d. 1849): Studies of Pinks and Dahlias (1833) (via Lempertz)

“I realized, really for the first time, that people who didn’t even know me were wishing for my success —  hoping to share in the pride of future accomplishments, but even more important, willing to provide encouragement in the face of disappointments. I hope that by sharing my experiences, others will be inspired to set high goals for themselves.”

- Ellen Ochoa is the first Hispanic director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center and the first Hispanic woman to go to space. Check out the in-depth Q&A with Ellen below!

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Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)  dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet 

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Most popular paintings on the blog in 2017, in no particular order:

Hilda Hechle (British, 1886 - 1939): A moonlight phantasy

Emma Ciardi (Italian, 1879 - 1933): Courtly Company with Parasols 

Elizabeth Strong (American, 1855 - 1941): Deer in the woods

Maria Wiik (Finnish, 1853 - 1928): La Polonaise (Marie Bashkirstseff) (1878)

Helmi Biese (Finnish, 1867 - 1933): View from Pyynikki Ridge (1900)

Lilian Stannard (British, 1877 - 1944): Michaelmas daisies

Isabel Codrington (British, 1874 - 1943): Evening 

Evelyn De Morgan (English, 1855 - 1919):  Aurora triumphans (1873) 

Mary Hayllar (British, active 1880 - 1885): Breakfast (1880) 

Marguerite Gérard (French, 1761 - 1837): La toilette de minette