Most research on women in Ancient Greece and Rome concentrate on urban domestic life where there were no references to women ...

Greek archaeologists uncovered a grave of an ancient noblewoman buried with her golden jewelry on the island of Sikinos.

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...

In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered for decadent banquets called symposia. Not only an occasion for thinking and philosophizing, the symposium was also a place for enjoying women ...

We are transported back to the year 500 BCE to meet Aspasia of Miletus - one of the most important women in Athens - to find out about everyday life in Ancient Greece. Our civilisation is known ...

Further back, the ancient Greek texts tell us of the German La Téne female leader, Onomaris. The Greek philosopher Plutarch mentions that Celtic women acted as political judiciary and the ancient ...

She has published widely in the areas of Gnosticism, ancient Christianity, and Women's Studies. In the last twenty years, the history of women in ancient Christianity has been almost completely ...

They retrieved over 50 ancient ... from the Greek and Roman writers, but they are not always considered the most trustworthy. That said, their commentary on British women is remarkable in light ...