Galen Archive

Did Ancient Romans And Greeks Love As We Do? Perhaps Even More Hopelessly

AncientPages.com | July 30, 2024

AncientPages.com - Sometime around 100 AD, the Roman lawyer and aristocrat Pliny sent a letter to his third wife, Calpurnia – who was staying in a different part

How Can Busy People Also Keep Fit And Healthy? What The Ancient Greeks And Romans Did?

AncientPages.com | July 16, 2024

AncientPages.com - Many people today worry about how to find time to keep fit and healthy in the midst of their busy lives. Believe it or not, but

6th century translation of a book by the Greek-Roman doctor Galen. Image credit: (Farrin Abbott / SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Archaeology

Hidden Text Of Medical Book By Doctor Galen Read For The First Time In 1000 Years

AncientPages.com | March 24, 2018

AncientPages.com - A 6th century hidden medical text from a book by the Greek-Roman doctor Galen, has been found with the help of X-ray technology. The words had been

Love Sickness – Disease Feared During The Middle Ages

Ancient History Facts

Why Was Lovesickness A Feared Disease During The Middle Ages?

AncientPages.com | February 8, 2018

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Being in love is considered a normal condition today, but this was not the case not so long ago. During the Middle Ages,