Children born with Down Syndrome 5,000 years ago were recognized as members of their communities, new research reveals. DNA analysis of ancient human remains identified six individuals with the ...

They are among the 269 children who were sacrificed and buried around A.D. 1450 at two sites near Chan Chan, the ancient capital of the Chimú people. Most of the victims were killed with a cut to ...

Dancers re-enact an old agricultural labourers' tradition for schools on Plough Monday.

Alexander the Great had one legitimate child, a son named Alexander IV of Macedon. Alexander IV was born in 323 BC to ...

Ancient Rome was a man’s world ... The paterfamilias had absolute rule over his household and children. If they angered him, he had the legal right to disown his children, sell them into ...

The remains of children buried together suggests an epidemic once went through the ancient community. Anne-Lise Le Bayon National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research Lots of pottery ...

Children were thrilled to see an ancient tradition revived in their playground on what is known as Plough Monday. Sutton Primary School in Cambridgeshire hosted the Mepal Molly dancers - a group ...