Artemisia, named after the Goddess Artemis, sister of Apollo, is the only woman Herodotus attributes with the virtue of courage, or andreia, an almost impossible quality for a woman to possess ...

Archaeologist Travis Stanton of the University of California stated that the warrior queen Lady K'awiil Ajaw was one of the most powerful rulers of ancient Cobá. The research was led by experts ...

When the Roman Empire took her lands and harmed her daughters, the fearless Queen Boudica was not about ... year-old tablets found in Iraq reveal ancient red tape ...

New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.

In ancient Pompeii, slaves are bought and sold for household chores and sex. A mysterious queen moves among the elite, meantime secretly helping the slaves to escape. Eventually her life is also ...

‘Donned the pharaoh’s beard for publicity purposes’ … head of the Ancient Egyptian Queen Makare Hatshepsut. Note the ‘beard’ on her chin. British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered ...

In ancient Pompeii, slaves are bought and sold for household chores and sex. A mysterious queen moves among the elite, meantime secretly helping the slaves to escape. Eventually her life is also ...

Although hers was many more in number, as presenter Bridget Kendall puts it, the warrior queen’s undisciplined and ill-equipped men “were no match for the better trained and skilled and well-a ...