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 ...

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 ...

Defined by the men in their lives, women in ancient Rome were valued mainly as wives and mothers. Although some were allowed more freedom than others, there was always a limit, even for the ...

Other women, attract attention for their flagrant sexual excesses. One ancient writer describes Julia, Augustus’ only daughter, entertaining her lovers in public in the Roman forum. While ...

On the west side of the Parthenon, depictions of Greek battles with the female Amazon tribes of the Euro-Asian Steppes help reveal the roles that women played in Ancient Greek society. Dr.

Iron Age burial customs in southern England offer a glimpse into a society where women held significant power. Genetic analysis of 57 ancient genomes from Dorset’s Durotriges tribe reveals a ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved ... Priestesses, in the Roman world, held unusual levels of power for women—and it's been suggested that this ...

From Vikings to Beethoven: what your DNA says about your ancient relatives Ancient DNA extracted from two women who died in what is now Libya around 7,000 years ago is now helping researchers to ...

Text engraved on the tablet was in the language of the Hurrians, who are believed to have been once powerful enough to vie for hegemony in the ancient Orient with the Hittites and the Egyptians.