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Ancient Romans Fondness of Sex Ancient History / September 26, 2024 / history of sex, medicine, Rome, social history The Ancient Romans were definitely not prudish about sex, but their ideas about when the act was healthy and when it wasn’t are certainly foreign…
The Duality of the Egyptian Goddess Sekhmet Ancient History / November 19, 2024 / Ancient Egypt, disease, folklore/mythology, medicine, religion, social history The Ancient Egyptian Goddess Sekhmet has a fascinating double role as both a vengegeful deity of destruction — especially bringing plague — but also a…
Nyx in Historical and Modern Art Ancient History, Fabulous Females / September 15, 2023 / art, mythology One of the most pleasurable parts of mythology is that the stories get written anew with succeeding generations. You can see that here with two…
Wonderwerk Cave of South Africa Africa, Asia and South Asia, Ancient History, Long 19th- 20th centuries / September 16, 2024 / archaeology, evolution, history of food Behold the Wonderwerk cave in South Africa, yet another place on my travel bucket list and also an archaeological site giving evidence for one of…
