Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates was first to use the word hysteria, from the Greek hysteron (uterus), for an ailment that ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient ... Roman toga that instantly identifies him as a proud male citizen of Rome. The status quo in archaeology, when a woman and a man are presented ...

It is not the other Pompeii, the ancient and very sad city inhabited by slaves, revealed a year ago, but the real Pompeii ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried ... is dressed in the quintessentially Roman toga that instantly identifies him as a proud male citizen of Rome. The status quo in ...

Whether it’s the extra-large rooms, brilliant value or kid-friendly perks, these hotels are ideal for families visiting the ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a deadly volcano wiped out the ancient Roman city. Researchers say the ...

The Italian luxury house led by Silvia Venturini Fendi is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. With a history shaped by the central role of women and a long-standing collaboration with Karl ...

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Genomes sequenced from 7,000-year-old mummies in the Sahara have revealed a previously unknown population that inhabited the vast desert during its greener past.