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Gender-nonconforming ancient Romans found refuge in community dedicated to goddess Cybele
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIn ancient Rome, male followers of the goddess Cybele, known as Galli, some of whom surgically...
3 eye-opening facts about sex and gender during the Roman Empire that prove the past wasn't prudish
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe ancient Romans had very different ideas about bodies, sex, and gender to us.Piero M. Bianchi/...
Forget Rome and Greece – the West was created by many cultures
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoBy the 14th century, it was well known that all roads led to Rome – or, as Chaucer put it, that...
18th- and 19th-century Americans of all races, classes and genders looked to the ancient...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn a new land, the ancient past held special meaning. 'Temple of Aphaea, Aegina' by John Rollin...
How Queer Was the Roman Empire? Very.
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAlmost every day since Mike Johnson was elected speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, some evidence of his virulently anti-LGBTQ+ views has...
6 historical mysteries that scientists finally cracked in 2023 — and one they didn’t
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 months agoScience is revolutionizing our understanding of the past, teasing out astonishing secrets from DNA,...
A Museum Is Reclassifying One Roman Emperor As a Trans Woman
Out via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOne museum in the United Kingdom is acknowledging a truth we’ve known for a long time: trans people...
Claiming historical figures for the trans cause is even more sinister than you think
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWe have become horribly inconsistent in the way we interpret history. At the same time as critics...
French Fragrance Brands That Deliver that Classic Je Ne Sais Quoi
Marie Claire US via Yahoo News· 5 months agoBrigitte Bardot looking in a mirror. Believe it of not, perfume has been around for centuries....
Want to learn the Classics? Read some kids' books
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoPercy Jackson lives in a world of self-filling goblets, flying horses and twisting labyrinths. The 12-year-old protagonist of Rick Riordan’s bestselling...