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Sex and History: Talking sex with objects from the past

By Guest PostApril 6, 2014Culture, Sex18th century, detecting, dnt, evolutionsgeschichte, fsh dosage, having a baby, history, hormone controls, identifying, ivan parkin, james ireland, kimberly bratic, painting, petn, rdx, sex, single test, tetryl, university of exeter, valerie baker, william peveler

A ground-breaking initiative from the University of Exeter, the Sex and History project, is offering schools a new way to tackle difficult topics in sex education.

Led by Professor of History Kate Fisher and Classicist Dr Rebecca Langlands, Sex and History has produced a new “taster” teaching resource for secondary schools, which offers an effective way of addressing some of the most difficult issues in sex education – through the examination and discussion of ancient artefacts. (more…)

Byzantine Photo Exhibit Opens at Kelsey Museum of Archeology

By Guest PostOctober 1, 2010Cultureahmet ertug, architecture, byzantine, cappadocia, chora, christian, church of christ, hagia sophia, istanbul, mosaic, painting, photograph, turkey, turkish, vaults of heaven, visions of byzantium

DATES: Oct. 1, 2010-Jan. 23, 2011 and Feb. 4-May 29, 2011.

EVENT: “Vaults of Heaven: Visions of Byzantium” features a two-part series of ultra-large-scale photographs, many over six feet tall, by Turkish photographer Ahmet Ertug. (more…)