Wife-beating in Ancient Rome: For all the glory and glamour of its art and literature, classical antiquity produces household statistics that make the heart sink. Greek and Roman girls were normally married in their mid-teens to men twice their age. Until menopause, if they were lucky enough to survive that long, they could expect to give birth at least six times, probably more. [TLS]
DNA tests could force a rewrite of city’s history book: On the record, the ‘Father of Glendale’ had no children. But did L.C. Brand have a secret life and 2 sons? [LA Times]
Vanished: A Pueblo Mystery: Some 700 years ago, as part of a vast migration, a people called the Anasazi, driven by God knows what, wandered from the north to form settlements like these, stamping the land with their own unique style. [NYT]
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