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 ...

With artefacts on loan from the British Museum, this modest show reminds us of the astonishing heritage of a country now ...

The styles of ancient Greek pottery and the strange effigies of the Olympic god Hermes which were used in ways few moderns ...

Yet contemporary work in the UK focused on male “warrior” burials and romantic narratives of warrior society ... The Greek ...

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

Roman writers found the relative empowerment of Celtic women in British society remarkable. People today shouldn’t.

However, despite laws and social norms that severely limited women’s autonomy, “Kyladitisses” shows that they still found ways to be influential in ancient Greek society. The idea that women ...

Before Zeus could rule as the king of the ancient Greek gods, he had to defeat his father and the Titans in a decade-long war ...