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It’s been half a millennium since Michelangelo finished painting the cavernous Sistine Chapel. Experts are still discovering hidden symbolism throughout his handiwork. Their latest revelation?

Nerlich of Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, a team of international experts propose that Michelangelo's fresco "The Flood" in the Sistine Chapel portrays a young woman exhibiting signs ...

Credit: The Breast (2024). The Sistine Chapel’s ceiling looms with the haunting beauty of “The Flood.” Yet in one corner, among scenes of biblical desperation, a subtle but shocking detail ...

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Renaissance figure Michelangelo may have depicted a woman suffering from breast cancer in a famous fresco of a biblical flood on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, according to researchers.

The Sistine Chapel is known for its frescoes, which were painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512. Despite their worldwide fame, scientists are still spotting new details in his works.

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