Dead Sea Scrolls Digitally Launched As Never Seen Before By The Public

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Roman settlement remains found at Kingskerswell bypass

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Archaeologists find prehistoric humans cared for sick and disabled

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Ancient city of Troy rebranded itself after war

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Ancient Peruvian Priestess

From Sky News : The reconstructed face of a high ruling Peruvian priestess has been unveiled by researchers from Utah Valley University. The...

Queens, Concubines & Ordinary People

From Isle of Man Today : Did you know that there are no women fighting for crowns, and very few women are named in the Chronicles of the Kin...

Origins of Female Genital Mutilation

From Discovery News : United Nations Member States recently approved the first-ever draft resolution calling for a global ban on female geni...

Epidemic of Rape in Peru

From RH Reality Check : Peru, while famous for its modern culinary delights and ancient civilizations, also has a far less flattering distin...

The Scream

From Al Arabiya News : At the peak of the uprising against now ousted Yemeni strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh, Khadija al-Salami left her diplom...

New Delhi Gang Rape Outrage

From Time World : Last Sunday in New Delhi, at around 9.30 p.m., a 23-year-old woman was gang raped for almost an hour on a moving bus and t...

Ancient Female Statue Found

From Hurryiet Daily News : A 2,500-year-old statue of a woman from the late Hellenistic period has been unearthed during the excavations at ...

Legacy of Begum Akhtar

From the Hindu Business Line : Once the toast of cultural circles, artistes and musicians often slip out of public memory as soon as they qu...

Japanese archaeologists find 1,400 year old Kofun-period warrior still in armor

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King Richard III's medieval inn recreated by archaeologists

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Study revisits mystery of Egyptian King Ramesses III's killing

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Untouched 18th Century Woodworking Shop Found

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It's a real coo as 'unbreakable' war code found on pigeon in Portland is cracked

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Roman Settlement and Possible Prehistoric Site Uncovered in Northern Italy

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Chemical analysis reveals first cheese making in Northern Europe in the 6th millennium BC

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Archaeologists Uncover Europe's First Civilization

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Send for the bard! Carnyx discovery leaves archaeologists little the wiser

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When Homo sapiens hit upon the power of art

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The Flores Hobbit's face revealed

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Archaeologists find Maya ceramics and mural paintings in three underwater caves in Mexico

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Fit for a King: Largest Egyptian Sarcophagus Identified

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'First tartan' on Roman statue

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GLADIATOR'S TOMB TO BE REBURIED

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Drought May Have Killed Sumerian Language

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Underwater Archaeological Discovery Yields Korean Artifacts

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HISTORY BUFF is back!!!!!!

For those of you who didn't see the details on my  Facebook page , my LOOOONG hiatus from History Buff was due to a 2-month trip abroad....

FBI Files On Lana Peters

From the Huffington Post : Newly declassified documents show the FBI kept close tabs on Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's only daughter aft...

Maids Rescued From Captivity

From The Star : Immigration officers rescued 105 foreign women found locked in a four-storey maid agency in Bandar Baru Klang here during a ...

Women In Post-Taliban Afghanistan

From The Independent : Just before she leapt from her roof into the streets of Kabul, Farima thought of the wedding that would never happen ...

Books & Reviews

It seems today every man and his dog has a blog reviewing books - some are professional reviewers, many are amatuers.  Many blog / review on...

18th Century Birthing Chair

From io9 : From the ancient times until the 1800s, many women gave birth with the aid of parturition chairs, specially designed seats that a...

Iran: Four Women Stoned To Death

Varying reports are surfacing that four Iranian women have been stoned to death. Read More Here -:  MFS - The Other News : Based on reports ...

Indigenous “Grandmother” Shamans

From Republica : Hundreds gathered at Boudhanath Stupa on Sunday to welcome 13 indigenous “grandmother” shamans from across the world to Nep...

The Inventive Translations of Mary Sidney Herbert

From Slate dot com : It's hard to imagine a modern family as prominent in as many ways as Philip Sidney and his sister, Mary Sidney Herb...

Kateri Tekakwitha - Native American Saint

From Huffington Post : Some traditional Mohawks are treating the naming of the nation's first Native American saint with skepticism and ...

Obits For Notable Women

From Philly dot com : Maria Rosa Menocal, 59, formerly of Philadelphia, a Yale University professor and scholar who studied the interactions...

Janet Johnson & Demotic Egyptian

From the Chicago Tribune : Long before Facebook posts and tweets, long before letters with postage stamps, ancient middle and upper-middle-c...

Ancient Female Oracles Seen As Divine

From Deseret News : All ancient societies looked to prophecy and divination to ensure that their beliefs and activities were consistent with...

Girl Challenges Taliban

From the Post Gazette : The Taliban's attempted murder of a 14-year-old girl simply because she campaigned for the right of Pakistani gi...

Tribal Tradition Broken In Bihar

From NDTV : Santhal tribals in a Bihar village have added a new chapter to their ancient custom of young men and women living together - all...

Bronze Age Female Metalworker

From the Business Standard : Archaeologists have discovered remains of a woman believed to be a metal worker from the Bronze Age, a finding ...

Lady K'abel - Lady Snake Lord

From the Herald Sun : Considered one of the greatest queens of classic Mayan civilisation, Lady K'abel ruled with her husband K'inic...

Iranian Warrior Woman

From Science on NBC News : DNA tests on the 2,000-year-old bones of a sword-wielding Iranian warrior have revealed the broad-framed skeleton...

Polyandry In The Himalayas

From the China Post : In ancient times, the sons of almost every family in the region of Upper Dolpa would jointly marry one woman but the p...

Women in Advertising

From Advertising Age :  In the "Mad Men" view of the world, women were just beginning to make headway in the industry in the 1960s...

Women Warriors of Mossad

From Globes : They are one of the State of Israel's most important assets. If we sleep soundly at night, it's in large part thanks t...

Sarah Losh: Forgotten Heroine

From The Economist : In The Pinecone: The Story of Sarah Losh, Forgotten Romantic Heroine—Antiquarian, Architect and Visionary,  Jenny Uglow...

Hunger Fuels Child Marriage

From PM News Nigeria : In Hawkantaki, it is the rhythm of the land that shapes the cycle of life, including the time of marriage.  The size ...

Tikva Levi & Mizrahi

From Haaretz : Tikva Levi was only 52 when she died on August 1, but during her short lifetime she wielded a great influence on Israeli soci...