Sexual Morality in Ancient Egyptian Literature
Ancient Egyptian literature often incorporates sexual ethics that are not fully explained or comprehensively explored within the works. The ancient Egyptian literary corpus assumes a cultural context with which ancient Egyptian readers were familiar. Notably, the pervasive religious and cultural practices of ancient Egypt were inseparable from common customs, including sexual, reproductive, and erotic customs.
Sexual attitudes, preferences and infections in Ancient Egypt
The prevalence of STDs in Ancient Egypt has been found to be low. This state of affairs was maintained for centuries.
Girls are wicked: gender and magic
In Greek and Roman literature, we find lots of similar figures. Women from the Greek region of Thessaly, for example, were known for their ability to bring down the moon from the sky.
On the Bravery of Women: The Ancient Amazon and Her Modern Counterparts
The vision of women armed and marching into battle against male opponents appeared to exert an intriguing influence on the culture that conceived such a myth; in turn, the Amazons continued to be popular through Roman times…
Motherhood and Childbirth in Pharaonic Egypt
Barrenness was dreaded. If a woman could not conceive, pleas were made to the deities connected with
fertility and childbirth, such as Bes, Taweret, and above all, Hathor.
The Influence of Context on the Leadership of Cleopatra
She is an important leader in that she was one of the first influential female leaders in her time with more power than most female leaders could not acquire. She is important figure in history because her life in leadership influenced her people, Egypt, and the world.
Vibia Perpetua's Diary: A Woman's Writing in a Roman Text of its Own
This thesis focuses on such discourse by exploring the diary of the Christian martyr Vibia Perpetua. By an exploration of the diary of Vibia Perpetua historians, at least, are able to hear what a woman had to say about herself and her Roman society.
MARRIAGE IN THE ROMAN IMPERIAL PERIOD
MARRIAGE IN THE ROMAN IMPERIAL PERIOD Konstantinos Mantas (Athens) POLIS: Revista de ideas y formas políticas de la Antigüedad Clásica, 11 (1999), pp.…
Virginity in Ancient Mesopotamia
‘A virgin body has the freshness of secret springs, the morning sheen of an unopened flower, the orient luster of a pearl on which the sun has never shone. Grotto, temple, sanctuary, secret garden – man, like the child, is fascinated by enclosed and shadowy places not yet animated by any consciousness, which wait to be given a soul: what he alone is to take and to penetrate seems to be in truth created by him.’
The development of the cult of Mithras in the western Roman Empire: a socio-archaeological perspective
The origins and early development of the cult of Mithras in the Roman Empire, however, have remained a perpetual subject of dispute.