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Dawn
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A general assumption that life in a harem must have been lonely for all the women. But I wonder if all harems were really the political hotbeds and female conniving that they are often portrayed as? What if it were more of a safe, protected, family space? Why can't the speculation go in that direction instead?
— Mar 12, 2026 04:13PM
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Dawn
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Would avoiding water and drinking beer & wine really have made the ancient Egyptians low-level intoxicated at all times? I thought these ancient beers had a very low alcohol content?
— Mar 12, 2026 04:25PM
Dawn
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I find it curious that modern historians assume that high infant mortality rates in ancient times means that mothers would have refused to acknowledge a child at all, in order to protect themselves from grief.
— Mar 12, 2026 03:14PM
