Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped in tales of excess and cruelty. One enduring myth claims that as a great ...

Defined by the men in their lives, women in ancient Rome were valued mainly as wives and mothers. Although some were allowed more freedom than others, there was always a limit, even for the ...

Other women, attract attention for their flagrant sexual excesses. One ancient writer describes Julia, Augustus’ only daughter, entertaining her lovers in public in the Roman forum. While ...

Unfortunately, She Was A Nymphomaniac, by Joan Smith, is an exhilaratingly revisionist account of the women from the ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

Many of the stone sculptures at St Mary's Church in Beverley ... feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and nurse Mary Seacole are among the notable women set to replace them. Rev Rebecca Lumley said ...

But when it comes to ancient Roman statues ... artifacts instead of one — so they decapitated statues themselves. Statue of a ...

Italian archaeologists have unearthed 24 beautifully preserved bronze statues in Tuscany believed to date back to ancient Roman times. The statues were discovered under the muddy ruins of an ...

Archaeologists found ancient, pillared halls in Peru’s Nepena Valley that include a finely painted throne room depicting a ...

A museum in the United Kingdom has identified the Roman emperor Elagabalus to be a transgender woman. The North Hertfordshire ... “This is as tricky [an] area in the ancient world as it is ...

The broad focus includes women thinkers in ancient Indian, Chinese, and Arabic philosophy as well as in the Greek and Roman philosophical traditions. The volume will be valuable for a wide range of ...