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fromwww.dailymail.co.uk
1 week ago

Revealed: What Mary Magdalene REALLY looked like, according to experts

She is one of the most significant women in the Bible. But what did Mary Magdalene really look like? In Western art and film such as the 2018 film 'Mary Magdalene', starring Rooney Mara she is depicted as young and beautiful, wearing clothes that show off her shapely figure. But in art of the East, Mary is harder spot, since she looks like other women heavily veiled.
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fromTheartnewspaper
4 months ago

Hotly debated Caravaggio becomes 'first by the artist to be shown in India'

'Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy' by Caravaggio is on display in India for the first time, marking a significant moment in art history.
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fromThe New Yorker
4 months ago

Mistaking Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene's complex and contested legacy highlights her role as a welcoming figure for outcasts and a symbol of ambiguity in faith.
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