Breastfeeding has been depicted in art throughout the centuries, forming a visual representation of women’s lived experiences concerning religion and societal expectations. Ancient civilizations ...

Who were the women who inhabited ancient Pompeii? A new exhibition of art, objects, and personal testimonies has the answers.

Ancient genomes reveal that a bacterial fever jumped from human-borne ticks to lice around the time wool textiles became ...

More than a century ago, archaeologists excavated a Viking ship buried in the ground at the Oseberg farm in Tønsberg, Norway. Inside the unusuall ...

Dark, direct, soulful: The eyes of the Al Fayyum portraits stare out and invite viewers in to see the faces of Egyptians ... Women are portrayed flaunting splendid jewelry, clothes, and elaborate ...

The tomb's giant false door. The ancient Egyptians believed that the spirit of the deceased could go in and out through it. . | Credit: Courtesy of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

Instead, the family, women especially, took care of the dead, washing and clothing the corpse in ... heaven for the blessed derives from the ancient Egyptians. According to them, before being ...

The Eye of Horus engraved on a gold plate. This artifact was found in the tomb of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Psusennes I, who ruled more than 3,000 years ago. . | Credit: DEA / S. VANNINI via ...

From the beginning of her rule, Hatshepsut dressed in men’s attire, assumed the responsibilities associated with the role and had herself depicted in male clothing ... ancient Egypt, it was rare for a ...

NARRATOR: Women in Ancient Egypt have the right to buy and inherit ... She gave bread to the hungry, water to the thirsty, and clothes to the naked. Now, this is significant, because if you ...

One was femininity: in ancient Egyptian art, Wegner said, women "are often shown with a sort of yellowish or pale [skin] color, while men are shown with reddish brown skin." Another reason the ...

Since the 19th century, a strain in Black American culture has claimed ancient Egypt as ancestor and inspiration ... It was mindful of the rights of women to a degree surprising for any document ...