Throughout history, clothing has not only served ... and the cultural significance it embodies. 1. **The Ancient Beginnings**: Clothing began as a necessity for protection against the elements.

As it turns out, there is an ancient history of telling women what they ... was to make sure women didn't spend too much on clothing, to assure proper and uniform attire at religious festivals ...

“For the Classic Maya, in many ways, clothing defined personhood,” says Alyce de Carteret, a fellow in Art of the Ancient Americas at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. “Numerous aspects ...

The celebration is a flamboyant event that has Arabic origins and an ancient history within the Yemenite community, a faction of Middle Eastern Jews. The henna was coordinated by Yafa Yehuda who ...

In the scientific community, however, literal pack rats and other rodents play an important role in preserving history ... involves collecting amberat, the ancient pee-hardened middens of pack ...

In a new book on the history of the color from medieval historian ... Of particular interest is his investigation of red within the context of ancient Egypt and the Mediterranean.

It's perhaps not the grandest item from ancient history, but this remnant of everyday ... Adam, Caleb and Euan discover an ancient item of clothing. The boys were among a lucky few given ...