Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

The Persian empire pioneered women's rights. Other contemporary cultures made jokes about it and considered Persians unmanly.

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

But, during antiquity, these statues were actually brightly colored — and, as explored in a new study, they were even coated with deeply aromatic perfumes. In ancient Greece and Rome ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried ... In my new book, "Mythica," which looks at the women not of Rome but of Bronze age Greece, I've found that new discoveries ...

In her right hand, the female figure holds laurel leaves, which Roman priestesses and priests once used to purify spaces.

collecting evidence that in ancient Greece and Rome, it was common to anoint a sculpture with perfumes and oils. Though past researchers have uncovered references to such practices, Brons found ...