There’s a long-standing narrative about hunter-gatherers in ancient times: Men ventured out for meat, while women largely stayed closer to home, foraging for plants and tending to children. Ira is ...

These ancient artifacts reveal the untold stories and everyday lives of women in the ill-fated Roman city. A fresco exhibited in the exhibition "Being a Woman in Ancient Pompeii" in Pompeii, Italy.

The revelation gives a fresh perspective on the debate about women as ancient warriors. The researchers are careful not to suggest that the woman carried the bow in war—rather than for hunting ...

Ancient DNA reveals that during the Iron Age, women in ancient Celtic societies were at the center of their social networks — unlike previous eras of prehistory.

Like all women of their time, Asellina and Zmyrina could not vote. But they found influence in their own ways. Asellina owned a popular thermopolium on a bustling corner of ancient Pompeii, where ...

For too long, women in mythology have been confined to supporting roles or depicted as passive figures. They were either the faithful wife, the victim of circumstances, or simply there to assist ...

1 An Afghan woman engages in Nuristani wood carving at a workshop in Herat on November 29. A group of four women has dedicated themselves to preserving an ancient tradition of wood carving found ...

Ancient sculptures often depict women as symbols of beauty and fertility, but a new exhibit at the National Museum of Mexican Art gives visitors a glimpse of a society in Mexico where women held ...