The discovery of a pregnant woman’s remains in Ecuador reveals a possible ritual sacrifice tied to Manteño culture.

Women buried in a lavish grave 5,000 years ago wore beaded garments, suggesting they held positions of power. The beads could ...

Archaeological excavations in Ecuador recently revealed the haunting grave of a pregnant woman who was buried 1,200 years ago. The woman was likely between the ages of 17 and 20 and just weeks away ...

Five men allegedly involved in a plot to detonate bombs in Hong Kong as the city’s legislature debates a controversial ...

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 ...

A groundbreaking study reveals evidence that, in Iron Age Britain, land inheritance followed the female line, with husbands ...

Burials of women at Duropolis were accompanied by high-quality grave goods, suggesting this matriarchal focus isn’t unique to ancient Dorset. This led researchers to take a look at other genetic ...

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Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery shows that women were closely related while unrelated men tended to come into the community from elsewhere, likely after marriage. An examination of ...

You're coming in as a relative stranger." Researchers know that women joined their husbands' communities by examining the ancient DNA of groups that were buried together from the Neolithic Period ...