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Gender-nonconforming ancient Romans found refuge in community dedicated to goddess Cybele

In ancient Rome, male followers of the goddess Cybele, known as Galli, some of whom surgically removed their testicles, were often considered feminine. ....

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How AI Can Uncover the World's Oldest Archeological Mysteries

Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastThis month, a trio of computer scientists won the Vesuvius Challenge, a competition to use artificial intelligence to reveal four passages of ancient Greek encased for 2,000 years inside a charred scroll. The artifact was found at Herculaneum, a Roman resort town destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.. This “kind of thing that happens every half century or so,” Richard Janko, a professor of classics at the University of Michigan a ....

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