For centuries, archaeology was more like treasure hunting — a kind of cowboy science where men travelled far and wide. By the mid-19th century, women began entering the field.

Archaeologists carried out a survey for Hongshan culture on Tuesday in Shuangta District.

Wearing long, flowing animal skins, these intoxicated women are eating meat ... at the same time preserved them until rediscovery by archaeologists nearly 1700 years later. The excavation of ...

A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order. More than a ...