It is believed that the bikini was a 20th century invention, but an ancient mosaic reveals women in Rome wore it while ...

A new book tells the history of the ancient world through women and what they had to say about their own sexuality – flying in the face of misogynist male stereotypes.

Divers have spent decades exploring Greece's ancient Antikythera wreck. The latest expedition found relics and retrieved ...

What was it like to live in ancient Greece? Learn about Greek family-life, fashion and food in this BBC Bitesize year 5/6 history guide.

Solon's laws in ancient Athens protected slaves' rights, revealing a unique approach to slavery in the society of the Athenians.

Explore the factors that caused civil war within ancient Greece and the technologies, tools and military strategies that resulted from ongoing conflict.

In ancient Rome, laundries relied on an unusual and somewhat unpleasant cleaning agent.

There were also many stories and plays that give us representations of women in ancient Greece. But how many of these texts were ... uphold religious rituals, spin and weave clothing for the family, ...

Pomp and splendor If you were to go back to the earliest instances of people showing their tastes in fashion, you’d have to go back to ancient times. No fashion shows existed, but the practice of ...

A headless statue believed to be 2,000 years old has been found inside a black plastic bag near trash cans in Greece, prompting a police investigation.