Marriage, as a social institution, has undergone numerous transformations across the world, and India is no exception. In ...

Like all women of their time, Asellina and Zmyrina could not vote. But they found influence in their own ways. Asellina owned ...

Two recently discovered ancient gold rings set with garnets reveal how Greek trends and customs became part of life in ...

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

Over the next several hundred years, marriage evolved into a widespread institution embraced by the ancient Hebrews, Greeks and Romans. But back then, marriage had little to do with love or with ...

A tutor had considerable powers, and could force the woman out of one marriage and into another ... with the sex manuals of Elephantis. In Ancient Rome as in Victorian England, virtuous restraint ...

In the shadowed chambers of ancient India, nearly 3,000 years ago, the first rudimentary diamond polishing began. What ...

Scientists studied the genetic makeup of seven Maya individuals—including one who was the victim of human sacrifice.

The 585 B.C. Eclipse of Peace turned fear into ceasefire, as a solar eclipse halted war and reshaped ancient views of the ...

Located in Luoyang, one of China's most ancient cities in Central China's Henan Province, the Han-Wei Luoyang Ancient City ...