Rotha Lintorn-Orman - Female Fuhrer

For those interested in this long forgotten part of British history, please visit " History Planet " to read this article in its e...

Ancient Romano-British Homicide

From UPI : The body of a girl believed to have been killed by Roman soldiers almost 2,000 years ago has been discovered in north Kent in Bri...

Curse of a Female Politician

From the Association of Zimbabwe Journalists : FUNERALS by their very nature leave you depressed and demotivated. They invariably also leave...

Puerto Rican Women Make History

From NCN News : A historic moment occurred at the Puerto Rico East District Assembly when presiding General Superintendent Emerita Nina G. G...

Inspiring Women Summit 2011

From CSR Wire : Organizer: The Shift Network Date: 05.07.11, 08:00AM – 05.13.11, 04:00PM Location:Worldwide - from your computer & telep...

Enormous statue of powerful pharaoh unearthed

AP: CAIRO – Archaeologists unearthed one of the largest statues found to date of a powerful ancient Egyptian pharaoh at his mortuary temple...

Four Individuals Caught in 'Death Trap' May Shed Light on Human Ancestors

By Ann Gibbons MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA— Finding one partial skeleton of an ancient member of the human family is the rarest of rare discover...

Robin Oliveira - My Name Is Mary Sutter

From Buffalo Rising : This book is a good suggestion for reading on the occasion starting this year of the 150th anniversary of the Civil Wa...

Remembering Almena Lomax

From Black Star News : She was a pioneering journalist who founded a newspaper at a most challenging time in the nation's history, espe...

Ancient & Mordern Nubian Women

From the Washington Times : The land of Nubia extends from the first, as Aswan, to the fourth cataract, in the Nubian Desert. Nubia is divid...

Film - The Conspirator

From Gateway : " The Conspirator " is the story of Mary Surratt (Robin Wright), the only woman charged as a co-conspirator in the ...

Buthayna Kamel - Egypt's Next President?

From The Atlanta Post : For the first time in the history of Egypt, a woman is running for president. Buthayna Kamel, a 49-year-old talk sho...

Fanti Women Support Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings

From Ghana Web : The Fanti Women Caucus of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has declared support for the Former First Lady, Nana Konad...

Rebecca Carr by Steve Martin

From PAL-ITEM : The Wayne County Soldier's Registry for the Civil War lists more than 3,500 men. In that book is one woman who "ear...

Assam Witch Hunts

From Indian Express : A spate of killings in Assam’s Kokrajhar district in the past one week has shed new light on rampant ignorance, illite...

Dundee academics reconstruct Viking woman's face

Academics at Dundee University have helped recreate the face of a Viking woman whose skeleton was unearthed in York more than 30 years ago...

Did Lucy's species butcher animals?

by Kate Wong MINNEAPOLIS—In August 2010 archaeologists announced that they had discovered evidence that pushed back the origin of butchery n...

Prehistoric Fossil May Have Inspired Greek Myths

by Rossella Lorenzi The bone of a large extinct creature, once treasured by the ancient Greeks, has finally found a permanent home in Englan...

Greek Tablet May Shed Light on Early Bureaucratic Practices

by John Noble Wilford An archaeologist digging in the rubble of a distant past counts on the conqueror’s havoc, nature’s upheavals and plai...

How a 'Jester god' revealed oldest Mayan royal tomb

by Dan Vergano SACRAMENTO — The image of a "Jester god," a symbol of royalty among the ancient Maya, may have done just the trick...

Ancient Greek Computer Had Surprising Sun Tracker

Lisa Grossman The world’s oldest astronomical calculator is famous for having intricate gear systems centuries ahead of their time. But new...

The Curse of the Mummies' Arteries

by Heather Pringle In the ancient tomb paintings of the Nile Valley, Egypt's nobility often appears lithe, beautiful, and, abo...

Is this the first ever portrait of Jesus? The incredible story of 70 ancient books hidden in a cave for nearly 2,000 years

Nick Pryer The image is eerily familiar: a bearded young man with flowing curly hair. After lying for nearly 2,000 years hidden in a cave ...