Hawks offered women both real and symbolic means to express gender, power and status within a male-dominated world.

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In the Middle Ages, hair was a powerful social signal. Hairstyles showed gender, class, morality, and obedience to religious ...

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A hill on the west Cumbrian coast could be the long-sought burial mound of Ivarr the Boneless, one of the most powerful ...

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Campus leaders say they don’t police “The Rock” unless the content poses an immediate threat or is profane. The decision has ...

Marquette University is technically the third home of the St. Joan of Arc Chapel, which was built in France around 1420.

New archaeological clues are shedding light on the fate of isolated Norse colonies in Greenland that disappeared during the Middle Ages.

A new genetic study has revealed that the people of Deep Mani, who inhabit one of the remotest regions of mainland Greece, ...

Menstruation is mysterious, stigmatised, and rarely mentioned in historical sources. Now researchers have found physical ...