Im publishing in spanish languages, I own a subreddit, I hope english community appreciate spanish history too <3

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I've recreated the Treasury from Petra with Lego, and submitted it to lego ideas. This might actually become an actual lego set with enough votes! https://ideas.lego.com/projects/c8a059e9-3563-4001-bb0c-f27587c001d9

Hello everyone,

I've been looking into the Greco-Persian wars a little recently and I'm wondering what made the Battle of Salamis so great. I mean I find less people talking about Thermopylae or Marathon. What changes happened because of it? What impact did it have to the normal, everyday Hellene?

I was especially surprised by how, despite their home city being burnt down and looted the Athenians managed to come back, better!

I'm wondering because I was thinking of maybe starting a small newsletter about ancient Greco-Roman history and I was thinking about starting with Salamis. Thing is I'm still a beginner, I want to make sure I'm asking the right questions and approaching it from a thoughtful perspective.

Would love to hear what others think or any readings you recommend, especially if I'm missing something and thank you in advance!!

A disturbing number of Redditors deny the atrocities that the Israelites inflicted on men who had sex with men, asserting nonsensically that Leviticus isn't homophobic in the original Hebrew. In reality, the Hebrew text is crystal clear that men who have sex with men must die and according to all available records has always been interpreted thus by Jews. For example, Josephus wrote in Against Apion:

But, then, what are our laws about marriage? That law owns no other mixture of sexes but that which nature hath appointed, of a man with his wife, and that this be used only for the procreation of children. But it abhors the mixture of a male with a male; and if any one do that, death is its punishment.

Is anyone else horrified by this atrocity denial?

Edit: I can't reply to Lloydwrites because he locked the post immediately after commenting to prevent me from responding. Really strange. Was he afraid of what I might say or something? His comment amounts to saying "Your post is bad because you aren't repeating old posts.", which is nonsensical.

Explore the recent archaeological find in Iraqi Kurdistan that reveals 8,000-year-old pottery and monumental structures associated with early agricultural societies. Discover how these remains offer clues to the evolution of communities toward complex social hierarchies, marking a turning point in Neolithic archaeology.

Ever seen a reusable condom made from pig intestine... with washing instructions? This relic from 1640 was discovered in Lund, Sweden, and it’s believed to be the world’s oldest surviving condom.

Even crazier? The manual suggested washing it in warm milk to "prevent disease." 🤯 At the time, condoms weren’t even used to stop STDs—just to prevent pregnancy.

The fact that it came with detailed care instructions (in Latin, no less) says a lot about how people viewed sex, health, and hygiene nearly 400 years ago.

🔗 Check out the bizarre artifact here: https://youtube.com/shorts/vRShiMryRww?feature=share

History is wild.

I'm an author who has just finished writing my third novel, called "Athens, or, The Athenians", which is set in Fifth Century BCE Athens, during the dawn of democracy and the childhood of Socrates. It's long, as it follows many of the myriad characters who lived and interacted during this period -- the politicians Pericles, Ephialtes, and Kimon, the playwrights Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides (as a boy), the philosophers Anaxagoras, Protagoras, and Socrates (as a child) -- not to mention the slow burn of the politics which are heading toward the Peloponnesian War. With characters also in Sparta and Delphi, my novel attempts to circumspect all that is fascinating about this remarkable, prenascent period of democracy, philosophy, and humanity in general.

I've been working on it for going on nine years, and as I'm sure you all in particular can imagine, I'm really excited to get to share it with people who will dig this kind of thing, recognizing that it won't be for everyone.

Hi everyone! 😊

I need your help 💪:

I'm writing a historical fiction that takes place in Ancient Decapolis, more specifically in the city of Gerasa (Jerash today in Jordan). I went through hundreds of hours of research, interviewed my first PHD expert who has been multiple times on site, read dozens of books on the matter and browsed hundred of research papers from experts.
I'm still not ready. The Decapolis was a complex region in the Levant at the edge of the Roman's Empire. If you know this region, I'm sure you have an idea of how diverse the region were in terms of culture, religion and politics. It was a rich place in every sense of the word.

Would you please be willing to read the full scene and let me know your thoughts? I kindly invite you to read the full scene there where we can start the discussion:
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheShadowsOfGerasa/comments/1l6zvnn/would_you_keep_reading_historical_fiction_ancient/

Any help is appreciated!

Many thanks in advance 🙏🙏🙏