Across ancient civilizations, law often carried a strangeness that feels almost unbelievable today. Weird rules shaped the intimate details of daily life, like what people could eat and wear, or even ...

Since the dawn of civilization, humans have been seeking connection and relationships — but the concept of marriage is a ...

A woman named Hipparchia shocked Ancient Greece by attacking societal norms with public sex and radical philosophy in Athens.

Hiereiai (singular: hiereia) was the title of the female priesthood or priestesses in ancient Greece. According to the ...

If you wanted to hang on to your land in Bronze Age Greece, you could do worse than marry your cousin. A team of international researchers analyzing the genomes of ancient human remains has discovered ...

Linda: Carl Jung coined the term archetype and defined it as the universal symbols in the mind that can be observed in dreams and myths. Archetypes represent our potential laying dormant in our ...

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