The elevated status of Spartan women was no accident though. Sparta at its very core was a military state, and just as laws were put in place to ensure the health and fitness of the men, there were also laws that encouraged strength and health of the women. After all, the Spartans beli...
School children visiting the tomb are ushered off the street by elders aware of the arriving procession. They start to sing defiantly as older students are forcefully removed from the road by Israeli police. There is a hushed sense of anticipation and awe from those wait...
This is just what Anti-Slavery Societies are doing; they are taking away the stone from the mouth of the tomb of slavery, where lies the putrid carcass of our brother. They want the pure light of heaven to shine into that dark and gloomy cave; they want all men to see _how_ that ...
But this morning the story of Jesus’ resurrection won’t let me go. Many women had been there at the cross, even when many of the 12 men with names had fled. The women came to care for Jesus’ needs. Even in the ugliest death, under dangerous circumstances they chose to be at Chri...
The first parallel Kassia makes is between the harlot and a female mourner, like the women disciples who wept and brought spices to Jesus' tomb to adorn his body. The harlot in the grief of her repentance is unknowingly adorning Jesus for burial in the same way the myrrh-bearers do. Kass...
Artwork on the walls of the tomb of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh, Akhenaten who ruled from 1351 to 1334 B.C., depicts two of his daughters, naked, with bald heads. Head shaving as well as natural baldness was common among the ancient Egyptians, including women. ...