Women may have won the right to vote, own property and become Prime Minister, but the fight for free speech continues ...

Women in ancient Egypt had plenty of legal rights alongside a number of employment opportunities.

Life for women in most city-states of Ancient Greece was not very easy, but priestesses had powers that gave them high status ...

Greek and Roman writers were already asking how birds became sick, what signs to look for, and what could be done when ...

The answer is complicated and depends on how — and when in history — one defines what it means to look or live like a man or a woman.

The hottest ticket in theatreland will soon be Cate Blanchett in Electra/Persona. Caged female rage continues to capture ...

Phryne, the famous courtesan of ancient Greece, became legendary when her extraordinary beauty proved life-saving while on ...

As Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” renews global interest in Homer’s epic, Greece’s ancient Epidaurus theater is presenting another side of the Trojan War.

Did Diego Rivera use encaustic painting and beeswax in his mural, "La Creación?" These scientists finally unraveled the ...

More than 120 ancient sites will be free to visit in Greece this month - Archaeological sites, museums and monuments will offer extended opening hours to celebrate the full moon ...

Among the surviving artistic treasures of ancient Gandhara, even the smallest objects reveal profound insights into the lives ...