Marriage in Ancient Greece was an important union and the wedding ceremony was a three-day celebration for family and friends.

According to Ancient Minoan marriage rules, first cousin marriages were nothing unusual in the particular society.

Has marriage always had the same definition? Actually, the institution has been in a process of constant evolution. Pair-bonding began in the Stone Age as a way of organizing and controlling ...

They say love is the strongest emotion in human existence. I prefer to call it the strongest force of life. It is through ...

DNA analysis of dozens of ancient burials uncovered a community whose lineage could be traced back to one woman, and showed that men joined the group upon marriage. "This is the first time this ...

rather than a strict marriage system. We hear of female political leaders, Boudica and Cartimandua. Further back, the ancient ...

The genetic analysis also revealed sophisticated marriage practices ... they were able to read the genetic code of these ancient individuals. By comparing DNA sequences, they could identify ...

They retrieved over 50 ancient genomes from a set of burial grounds ... "This tells us that husbands moved to join their wives' communities upon marriage, with land potentially passed down through ...

The Maha Kumbh is held after every 12 years and a huge turnout of devotees is expected in Prayagraj from January 13 to February 26. According to tradition, pilgrims flock to the Sangam--the confluence ...

likely after marriage. An examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in Dorset in southwest England shows that two-thirds of the individuals were descended from a single maternal lineage.