Tina Chronopoulos, Binghamton University, State University of New York
In ancient Rome, male followers of the goddess Cybele, known as Galli, some of whom surgically removed their testicles, were often considered feminine.
The dolia defossa wine cellar of Villa Regina (Boscoreale).
Emlyn Dodd, courtesy Ministero della Cultura – Parco Archaeologico di Pompei
Roman wines may have looked and tasted better than long assumed. The answer lies in their use of clay jars, a technique still used in modern winemaking in Georgia.
St Benedict delivering his rule to the monks of his order.
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Monks who failed to factor in the leap day placed spring equinox on the wrong day, which meant Ash Wednesday, Lent, Holy Week and Pentecost were also marked on the wrong day.
Remnants of a mixed ‘alberata’ vineyard in Marche (Italy).
Dimitri Van Limbergen
We must be careful not to misgender or misidentify people of the past – especially if our only evidence for how they might have identified comes from hostile writers.
Olga Kurylenko in Boudica.
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Since 2011, professional and amateur archaeologists in Cardiff have been unearthing prehistoric artefacts. But last summer, they began to discover something even more extraordinary.
The Colchester vase, dating to the later second century AD.
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Lucian’s work provides insight into the second-century Roman world, which fostered multilingualism and multiculturalism.
Les forêts tropicales du bassin du Congo, en Afrique centrale, sont parfois appelées le deuxième poumon de la Terre (après l'Amazonie) en raison de leur capacité à stocker du carbone.
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Les textes littéraires peuvent mis à contribution pour la communication environnementale car ils sont en mesure de représenter la complexité du changement climatique.
Ukrainian fighters entering a tunnel.
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A scholar of early Greek classics explains what the myth of the weapon-carrying god of love, Cupid, a child of the gods of love and war, conveys about the pleasures and dangers of desire.
Septimius Severus was an emperor who was born in Roman Africa.
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