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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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Ancient DNA is spilling more secrets about the Avars, a fearsome people who built a mysterious empire that ruled much of Central and Eastern Europe for 250 years from the mid-sixth century. Primarily ...