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Lakshmi Ramgopal

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2015

Lakshmi is a writer, musician, and ancient historian based in Chicago, IL and Northampton, MA. She holds a PhD in Classics from the University of Chicago, was a Fellow at the American Academy in Rome, and is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Trinity College. She writes about ancient history, feminism, immigrant experiences, and the occult. Find her on twitter @lykanthea and email her at lakshmi.ramgopal@gmail.com.
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Detail of an erotic fresco from Pompeii's preserved House of the Centenary.

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The Ancients Used Hyena's Foot for Childbirth—And Identified Copper As a Contraceptive

Ancient Greek and Roman ideas about sex, disease, and contraception were often bizarre, but occasionally prescient.

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Meet a Master Tarot Card Designer From Milan, Birthplace of Tarot

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Meet a Master Tarot Card Designer From Milan, Birthplace of Tarot

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