Mummy aroma may provide insight into social class and historical period, according to a team of trained mummy sniffers ...

As a child, Prieto would explore the ruins of nearby Chan Chan, the ancient Chimú capital ... continuing your society into the future—you’re taking that away when you take a child.” ...

Researchers have discovered a trove of ancient clay puppets at an archaeological site in El Salvador. The five carved ...

In particular, two figures – the cinaedus and the gallus – provide examples of men whose effeminate behavior and modified anatomies were striking yet still integrated into Roman society. The cinaedus ...

In classical scholarship, when we sniff out what the nose knows, we reconstruct a vivid picture of daily life in Rome, one that reveals both the risks and the delights of that ancient society.

Archaeologists found that children in the Ebla Kingdom mass-produced pottery but also made their own creative figurines.

Keeping track of grain supplies was therefore crucial to ancient Egyptian society, according to the Met. In Meketre's role as chief steward, he was likely in charge of all royal estates that ...

The Geometric Period is a lesser known era in history. However, it ushered ancient Greece from the Dark Age to the Classical ...