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Title: Dig reveals Roman transvestite
Post by: Shana A on July 15, 2009, 09:25:22 PM
Post by: Shana A on July 15, 2009, 09:25:22 PM
Tuesday, 21 May, 2002, 20:42 GMT 21:42 UK
Dig reveals Roman transvestite
Excavation in Catterick, 1959
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1999734.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1999734.stm)
Catterick had a diverse population in Roman times
Archaeologists in North Yorkshire have discovered the skeleton of a cross-dressing eunuch dating back to the 4th Century AD.
The find was made during excavations of a Roman settlement in Catterick, first started in 1958.
The skeleton - found dressed in women's clothes and jewellery - is believed to have once been a castrated priest who worshipped the eastern goddess Cybele.
Dig reveals Roman transvestite
Excavation in Catterick, 1959
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1999734.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1999734.stm)
Catterick had a diverse population in Roman times
Archaeologists in North Yorkshire have discovered the skeleton of a cross-dressing eunuch dating back to the 4th Century AD.
The find was made during excavations of a Roman settlement in Catterick, first started in 1958.
The skeleton - found dressed in women's clothes and jewellery - is believed to have once been a castrated priest who worshipped the eastern goddess Cybele.
Title: Re: Dig reveals Roman transvestite
Post by: tekla on July 15, 2009, 09:30:27 PM
Post by: tekla on July 15, 2009, 09:30:27 PM
Only one? I'm sure there were far more.
Title: Re: Dig reveals Roman transvestite
Post by: Miniar on July 16, 2009, 06:17:36 AM
Post by: Miniar on July 16, 2009, 06:17:36 AM
I'm amazed at how, inspite all the evidence to the contrary, the "religious right" (and many other small groups) continue to treat transsexualism as something "new"
Title: Re: Dig reveals Roman transvestite
Post by: Hypatia on July 17, 2009, 08:54:06 PM
Post by: Hypatia on July 17, 2009, 08:54:06 PM
The religious right of the 5th century AD was absolutely zealous about exterminating transgender: They murdered our people and destroyed our organizations. Trans women in the Roman world followed the religion of the Great Mother Cybele, who was considered the protectress of Rome. Her cultus and Her transgender priestesses were spread all over the Roman world from Britain to Asia Minor, with their headquarters on the Vatican Hill. The Church not only abolished Her religion along with all other paganism, and put trans women to death in the process. Unlike other pagan sites which were converted into churches, they demolished Cybele's buildings down to the foundations and never built anything more on the site. They diverted the Roman people's love and devotion for the Great Mother to their Virgin Mary, which is still evident in the devotion to Mary instead of Christ among Italian peasants.
Title: Re: Dig reveals Roman transvestite
Post by: Shana A on July 17, 2009, 09:27:11 PM
Post by: Shana A on July 17, 2009, 09:27:11 PM
Quote from: Hypatia on July 17, 2009, 08:54:06 PM
The religious right of the 5th century AD was absolutely zealous about exterminating transgender: They murdered our people and destroyed our organizations.
Unfortunately, some things never change! >:(
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Title: Re: Dig reveals Roman transvestite
Post by: RebeccaFog on July 17, 2009, 09:31:55 PM
Post by: RebeccaFog on July 17, 2009, 09:31:55 PM
I wish I could go back in time with an apache helicopter and a swarm of drones. Maybe some napalm.
I am the American fighting transperson.
I am the American fighting transperson.