
Category: Ancient History


Contraception in Cookbooks: Herbal Family Planning in the Early Modern Period and Beyond

Trans and Non-binary Identities from Mesopotamia to Ancient Rome: Inanna, Cybele, and the Gallai

Harlots, Night Moths, Huntresses of the Tombs: The Enduring Legacy of Rome’s Bustuariae

The Life and Bizarre Death of “Necro-Entrepreneur” Locusta, the World’s First Known Serial Killer

History Carnival 163: Around the World in Fifteen Blog Posts

“The Lays of Ancient Rome”: Pompeian Pornography and the Museum Secretum

Contraception in Ancient Egypt: Hormonal Birth Control, Pregnancy Tests, and Crocodile Dung

Saints and Whores: Thaïs, Mary, Pelagia, and Mary of Egypt
