How did blind people live their lives in the ancient days?

It’s certainly not true that blind people in the ancient world were all left to die. For one thing, most blindness is age-related. Ancient people weren’t about to hit Grandpa over the head with a rock because he got cataracts. Empathy and caregiving aren’t just modern impulses. read more

The blind in the ancient world. It has long been assumed that in the ancient world the blind enjoyed few opportunities and lived out their days in penury as beggars or as wards of their families in the absence of any systematic state or government assistance. read more