Roman beauty secrets revealed in 1,800-year-old tin of make-up
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this was the foundation that fashionable women in Roman London would put on their faces before an evening or day out. Scientists
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Spectacular archaeological find on Peru's coast yields secrets of the 1,000-year-old 'Lords of Sican'.
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Modern imaging techniques have revealed some new information about the earliest biblical passage ever found in ancient artifacts.
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A history of photography books illuminates the history of photography itself.
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A 53-million-year-old spider is revealed in exquisite detail by scientists from the UK and Belgium.
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The first analysis of a rare Roman skin cream shows that it is similar to modern equivalents and suggests that women went to the same lengths to look beautiful two thousand years ago as they do today.
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A show within the show: puffed hair, masked faces and even a light sculpture.
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When native designer Valentino packed his  bags for the catwalks of Paris 17 years ago, Rome&#39;s fall from  the pinnacle of fashion glory appeared complete.
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Opening a show on body decoration through the ages at Paris's Musee Dapper is a series of giant black and white photographs of modern-day body art -- implants under the skin, scarring, tattoos and piercings.
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By Ben Van Der Meer, The Modesto Bee, Calif.  Feb. 3--Amid lights from nearly all directions and scents musky, floral and even sweet, Sherri Hayes of Modesto asks about skin care.
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Human remains dating from the 1st Century AD suggest TB may have killed off leprosy in Europe.
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In one of the earliest hints of "modern" living, humans 164,000 years ago put on primitive makeup and hit the seashore for steaming mussels, new archaeological finds show.
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Scientists have discovered a "microworld" of life trapped in tiny drops of Italian amber. The ancient germs lived over 200 million years ago, when the first dinosaurs appeared.
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A 1,800-year-old sealed pot of ointment found in London last year was most probably a cosmetic foundation, say scientists.
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Hailed by some scientists as a breakthrough, a new coating material used on a church in Rome has been found to ÂeatÂ surrounding smog.
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The Shroud of Turin is much older than suggested by 1980s radiocarbon dating, a new chemical study suggests.
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Feminism breaches walls of the fortress after over 500 years