A new illustrated book called Anatomicum, with ink and watercolour artwork by Katy Wiedemann and text by anatomist Jennifer Z Paxton, takes readers through the body system by system. The extract highlights surprising numbers: the skull that looks like a single bone is made of 22 separate bones, and the body has over 300 joints, most of them movable synovial joints such as the hip, knee, shoulder and elbow. The face has over 40 muscles that together can produce around 10,000 expressions. The lungs contain several hundred million alveoli, giving a huge surface for gas exchange, and the blood vessels laid end to end would circle the globe three times. The brain makes up about 3 per cent of body weight but uses about 20 per cent of the body's energy. The pages turn anatomy into something people can see and enjoy.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.