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A new explanation for the mystery death of Botticelli's Birth of Venus model, Simonetta Vespucci

A paper on new research into the cause of death of Simonetta Vespucci, model for the world-renowned Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, has been published by researchers at Queen Mary University of London, Universita Campus Bio-Medico di Roma and the University of California in the journal Endocrin...

A new explanation for the mystery death of Botticelli's Birth of Venus model, Simonetta Vespucci
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A paper on new research into the cause of death of Simonetta Vespucci, model for the world-renowned Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, has been published by researchers at Queen Mary University of London, Universita Campus Bio-Medico di Roma and the University of California in the journal Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism.

Originally published at Phys.org

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