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U.K. Museum Says Roman Emperor Was a Trans Woman
Time via Yahoo News· 7 months agoElagabalus (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus) Credit - Ipsumpix—Corbis/Getty Images A museum in the United Kingdom has identified the Roman emperor...
‘The Comet / Poppea’ and ‘Innocence’ Reviews: Desperate Couples and Family Secrets
The Wall Street Journal· 6 days agoYuval Sharon melds a modern work with Monteverdi in a staging at the Museum of Contemporary Art in...
History-hating Britain is the wokest country in the West
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWho knew that Elagabalus, the 3rd century Roman Emperor, was transgender? This remarkable detail was...
Visionary director Yuval Sharon isn't trying to cancel old opera. His latest fantastical piece...
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoOpera disrupter Yuval Sharon is back in L.A. with 'The Comet / Poppea.' The new piece — an...
The Economists Who Found the Richest People of All Time
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIn late September 1066, William of Normandy asked his second cousin, Alan Rufus (en français: Alain...
Vestal virgins and wandering wombs: women’s lives in Greece and Rome
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months ago“Women were invented to make men’s lives more difficult.” With characteristic style and wit, Daisy...
How to have sex like a Roman: an ancient guide to the art of love
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months ago‘To the Spirits of the Departed, Tiberius Claudius Secundus,” reads an ancient tombstone found in...