A seemingly simple question opens up difficult debates about ancient Roman beauty ideals and social hierarchy, and reveals ...

Editor’s Note: This feature is part of a wider CNN Style series on how culture in China is evolving in the Xi Jinping era. Beijing, China CNN — When Zhang Lingshan was a child, she would watch the ...

As Fashion Week winds down in New York, scientists continue their own search for the very latest in ancient fashion—latest meaning oldest. They're asking one seemingly simple question: Who invented ...

Since Otzi the Iceman was discovered on a glacier near the Italian-Austrian border in 1991, his mummified body has been a constant source of study, with researchers working laboriously to discover ...

Did Neanderthals wear clothing, jewelry or other accessories? There's not much in the archaeological record to suggest so, but researchers are turning to indirect evidence for clues about ancient ...

Throughout her career, New York-based Angel Chang had worked with internationally acclaimed designers such as Chloé, of See By Chloé, and Donna Karan, and has written for publications from V Magazine ...

‘You can’t go home again’ — goes the expression popularised by American author Thomas Wolfe’s eponymous novel. When we return to a place from the past it’s never the same as we remember it. Things ...