Marriage, as a social institution, has undergone numerous transformations across the world, and India is no exception. In ancient India, relationships were diverse and complex, with various forms ...

Ancient authors simply talked about love differently than we do. In ancient Greece, marriage was largely about children, inheritance, and political organization; it was, as with much of the world ...

We do not have a complete picture of marriage in Ancient Egypt. The period spans almost three thousand years, from 3100 to 332 BCE, and customs, no doubt, varied across the centuries, or even from ...

Lesvos, an island with a rich history of celebrating diverse love, has marked a new chapter with the first civil marriage of ...

Opinion Mothers’ lives in ancient Greece were not easy – but celebrations of their love have survived across the centuries | Opinion Published: May. 11, 2023, 2:31 p.m.

Ancient Partners in Love and War The Sacred Band of Thebes, a Greek military unit composed of male couples, inspired modern crusaders for gay rights.

A version of this article appears in print on Nov. 22, 2023, Section B, Page 11 of the New York edition with the headline: Herbert Gold, Postwar Novelist Of Love and Marriage, Dies at 99.