During the medieval period, practices like dowry and child marriage became widespread, and marriage itself became a more rigid institution tied to societal roles. However, the ancient openness to ...

She describes the ceremony ‘Bringing the Bundle’, which was a kind of marriage proposal ... with a design that best represents the child. The Ancient Egyptians relaxed playing board games ...

Ancient Rome was a man’s world ... or when the father did not think that the family could support another child. Babies were exposed in specific places and it was assumed that an abandoned ...

Unlike the romantic weddings of today, marriage in ancient Rome was an arrangement between two families. Like much of Roman society, it was highly structured but also logical and, in some ways ...

She describes the ceremony ‘Bringing the Bundle’, which was a kind of marriage proposal ... with a design that best represents the child. The Ancient Egyptians relaxed playing board games ...