The Christian apocrypha, texts not included in the Bible, include stories of Jesus’ female followers – including St. Thecla.

During excavations at the Hilla archaeological site in southern Bahrain, archaeologists uncovered a roughly 3,300-year-old ...

Microscopic feathers provide clearest evidence yet of ceremonial clothing used in shamanic burial rituals in prehistoric ...

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The jawbones and vertebrae of a hominin that lived 773,000 years ago have been found in North Africa and could represent a ...

Discover the impressive process as two men transform raw earth into a luxurious underground swimming pool, all with primitive tools and natural materials. From excavating a massive pit and ...

An ancient woman thought to have hailed from sub-Saharan Africa and therefore to have been the first known Black Briton actually had fairer skin and was from southern England, researchers using new ...

A new study suggests that certain genetic differences, passed down from ancient human ancestors, and exposure to common present-day chemicals could explain why some women are more likely to develop ...

Ancient Greek mythology is full of bestiality, including Zeus turning into a swan to seduce Leda, and Poseidon cursing Pasiphaë into falling in love with a bull. A new discovery in Israel, however, ...

A tiny, 12,000-year-old clay sculpture of a goose on the back of a woman may depict an animistic ritual involving a gander mating with a human. The sculpture, which is just 3.7 centimetres tall, was ...