People used to think for a long time that family life in ancient Egypt was just very similar to a ...
In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers have uncovered evidence of a society dating back over 4,500 years in eastern China, organized ...
Amsterdam's world-famous Rijksmuseum has unveiled a rare and provocative new addition to its collection: a near-200-year-old condom, adorned with erotic ...
A groundbreaking new study has found that pregnancy in the Viking period was far more complex, politicized, and socially significant ...
In the dry plains of ancient Nubia—modern-day Sudan—women were not just pillars of their households but true bearers of the ...
For centuries, the image of a monk laboring on a manuscript has been the dominant portrayal of medieval scribal work. ...
Archaeologists in Israel have made revolutionary discoveries that question previous long-held assumptions about religious asceticism in the Byzantine period. Recently, ...
Christine Lehnen’s illuminating investigation of a past where women enjoyed a more egalitarian life is explored through bioarchaeological methods in ...
Archaeologists working at the Montelirio tholos, an ancient burial site estimated to be around 5,000 years old near Seville, Spain, ...
A genetic study has, for the first time, unraveled a matrilocal social system in Iron Age Britain, where land and ...
