A new statue of a female ruler subduing a male warrior was discovered at a Mayan ruin site in Mexico. The sculpture depicts the female grasping the captive man’s hair.

The oldest rock art ever found in Europe reveals an interest in the female form — and the type of décor that the first Europeans preferred for their living spaces.

PHOTOS: Early Europe Art Depicts Female Sex Organs Since this site, Abri Castanet in southern France, is very close to Chauvet, it is likely that the artists in both cases came from what is known ...

The warrior was, in fact, female. And not just any female, but a Viking warrior woman, a shieldmaiden, like an ancient Daenerys Targaryen, Queen of the Dragons from “Game of Thrones.” ...

Of those works only one other - Prince Balthasar Charles (Carlos) with a Dwarf (1631) - represents a female dwarf, and she is a child. Both Mantegna and Velasquez’s works clearly communicate the ...