The Viking age is welcoming a new kind of hero: women
New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place ...
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How an Ancient Plant Became the World’s First Birth Control and Rome’s Love Potion. Then Went Extinct Because of It
This medicinal plant was so coveted, it was worth its weight in gold. But this ultimately brought its downfall.
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Women and Egypt’s tombs of Amun
Nearly 2,700 years ago, Egypt was conquered by kings from neighboring Nubia. Archaeologists are looking into this moment in history. One recent discovery tells us that the status of Egyptian women was ...
The artist giving centuries-old scroll painting a feminist twist
Artist Citra Sasmita imagines a world populated entirely by women in her momentous painted scrolls, part of a new exhibition ...
PBS1d
Experts return to Syria’s war-torn heritage sites, including Roman ruins at Palmyra
Once-thriving landmarks like the ancient city of Palmyra and the medieval Crusader castle of Crac des Chevaliers remain ...
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The Misogynistic Legacy of Manusmriti: The Ancient Text That Enslaved Women in the Name of Dharma
Women in the country have struggled for centuries for their rights, freedom and ownership. It seems history has been quite ...