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The Sex Lives of Ancient Egyptians

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   EGYPT How did Ancient Egyptians view love, sex and marriage? What were their views on homosexuality? Did women have equal rights? And what was childbirth like? Ancient Egyptians were a lot less prudish when it came to sex than we are today. All it takes is a trip to one of the many impressive temples that have stood the test of time for thousands of years to establish a lifelong admiration for the Ancient Egyptians. The Pyramids at Giza are but one testament to their ingenuity.  And the more I learn about their society, the more impressed I am. When it comes to sexuality, equal rights and divorce, for instance, the Ancient Egyptians were surprisingly enlightened. Sure, there was their predilction for incest — but aside from that, they had some pretty forward-thinking ideas, especially for the time. “ The rights of a divorced woman were far ahead of their time. A divorcĂ©e controlled her own possessions and was entitled to a percentage of the assets acquired by the coup...

Retired architect, 80, forced to bag groceries as medical bills, promise to dying wife leave him broke

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  US News By  David Propper Published  June 8, 2025, 7:21 p.m. ET Today Video Headlines Ad Loading 00:00 / 00:50 A former big shot architect was forced to bag groceries after mounting medical bills and a promise he made to his dying wife left him broke. Utah resident Gary Saling, 80, has spent years working four days a week at Smith’s Market in St. George – though a well-deserved retirement might be on the horizon thanks to the generosity of others. The senior citizen started the job in December 2020 about six months after the death of his wife, Carol, from two forms of dementia – including the rare, aggressive Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. 3 Gary Saling has been working as a bagger for years. FOX His spouse, who was an artist, suffered for about three and a half years, but he was always by her side.   “I promised myself, God, her, her brother, her son and daughter, (her stepsons), I promised them I would not put her in a nursing home,” Saling told The Post on...