Long before the arrival of threading salons and products like Nair, the practice of hair removal was popular among the ancient Romans ... and style were status symbols for the [Roman] ancients ...

Ancient Objects From 50,000 Years Ago Reveal Mysterious Symbols This engraved cortical Levallois core was found in Manot cave in the Levantine region, alongside other Middle Paleolithic artefacts.

An analysis of ancient “nailed heads” from Spain found some local skulls, likely symbols of respect, and foreign ones, likely symbols of intimidation. Photo from the Autonomous University of ...

This faint inscription, written in the early language of the ancient Canaanites ... that the symbols spelled out the sentence, “May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard ...

Humans have been getting ink for at least 5,200 years. Here are some of the most intriguing ancient tattoos, from cultic symbols to complex horse motifs. The remains of the intricately tattooed ...

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Check out Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4. With few exceptions, ancient humans painted the same 32 symbols in caves all over Europe. Paleoanthropologist Genevieve von Petzinger asks: What were they ...