Excavating Women

Modern readers often look at the past with distorted presuppositions about women's participation in early Christianity. However, women had a prominent role in society and in religious leadership in the Greco-Roman world. Excavating Women investigates the leadership of women in Christian churches during the first six centuries of the common era through a study of the archaeological remains. Carina Prestes surveys the role of women in Greco-Roman society, highlighting their importance for Greek an