Modern geneticists no longer use these familiar symbols and instead rely on a square (for male) and circle (for female): This symbolism was developed by Pliny Earle, a doctor with the Bloomingdale ...

The female nudes in Roman mosaics exalt beauty, the carnality and eroticism, while male bodies reflect determination, strength and power. This is one of the conclusions of research being carried ...

The remains of an ancient Roman skeleton with male and female DNA backs up the theory there aren't two neatly defined sexes. It has now emerged the remains of a young woman uncovered in a grave in ...

A woman who was cremated and buried with costly goods in Roman London may be the first discovery of a female gladiator, archeologists said Tuesday. The woman in her 20s, identified by a fragment of… ...

Although their existence is often overlooked, female gladiators fought, died and could even win their freedom from the Roman arena. In films like Gladiator, the depiction of Roman fighters within ...