One of the most famous objects in the British Museum is a bronze head of the Roman emperor Augustus that exudes charisma, ...

What’s less well-known is that it was discovered, in 1910, at the sub-Saharan site of an ancient city on the ... a woman (a one-eyed warrior queen, if Strabo is to be believed).

Women in Britain 2,000 years ago appear to have passed on land and wealth to daughters not sons as communities were built around women's blood lines, according to new research. Skeletons unearthed in ...

Amy Schumer’s fake pregnancy gets her in trouble in ‘Kinda Pregnant,’ Adult Swim delivers a new series about a miracle mushroom, the Rijksmuseum stages the first comprehensive survey in the ...

It is the first time this evidence of communities being built around women has been documented in ancient European history ... same time as Boudica, the warrior Queen who led a rebellion against ...

Recent scientific reevaluations of remains have historians rethinking the prevalence of women fighters throughout history.

Within another, they found a piece of armor that indicated not only that the deceased had likely been a warrior, but precisely what had been his weapon of choice. A stone arm guard was found in ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A trio of graves were uncovered in Germany during a dig for a new power line The bodies’ burial style, ...

A helmet up for auction in London is a well-preserved example of the "Corinthian" helmets used by many hoplite warriors. A rare "Corinthian" helmet from ancient Greece will go up for auction in ...

Roman writers found the relative empowerment of Celtic women in British society remarkable. People today shouldn’t.

The team found the temple's "foundation deposit" — objects that the ancient builders buried when ... who was an overseer of the palace of Queen Tetisheri. There is some debate about which ...