Artists from different cultural traditions adapted an ancient tale to explore how to respond to betrayal and exploitation.

The experiences of women differed in ancient Athens and Sparta. Largely portrayed as "invisible," evidence reveals a striking contrast.

Shattered depictions of Hatshepsut have long thought to be products of her successor’s violent hatred towards her, but a new ...

Researchers said their findings suggest husbands relocated to the wife's household upon marriage – suggesting a female ...

Researchers studying an ancient city in southern Turkey say they've found evidence that women called the shots in a ...

Using well-preserved ancient DNA, researchers have created a life-like facial reconstruction of a woman who lived in ...

Researchers studying the remains of a prehistoric woman who lived around 10,500 years ago in what is now Belgium have ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, don't often think to look beyond the city walls ...

The detailed reconstruction brings the prehistoric hunter-gatherer to life, revealing an intriguing set of features.

Villa Rufolo in Ravello is an outpost between land, sea, and sky. It is the place where boundaries touch and from which a ...

After two people added the name of author J.K. Rowling to the piece and another embroidered a line of stitches through both ...

Further evidence has emerged that 8,000 years ago, women had at least as much status in society as men, at least in one of the few settlements from the time.