Woman climbs Mt. Everest with Stage 4 cancer to show possibilities are limitless
When Shaunna Burke was faced with her own mortality after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis, she decided to take on one of the most extreme...
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High-status Roman woman was buried in a lead coffin with jet hairpins and exotic resins, archaeologists find
An elaborate Roman-era coffin containing the remains of a woman who appears to have been buried with gypsum and exotic resins has been discovered in...
Roman mosaic shows topless woman battling leopard in arena, study finds
For the first time ever, an image of a Roman woman battling a beast in an arena has been identified. While ancient texts say that...
Diagnostic dilemma: Woman born without a vagina or cervix went on to conceive a son naturally
The patient: A 16-year-old girl in the United Kingdom The symptoms: The teenage girl was referred to a pediatric-adolescent gynecology clinic in 1999, doctors wrote...
Stone Age woman was buried like a man, revealing flexible gender roles 7,000 years ago in Hungary
A typical male burial from the Stone Age cemetery of Csőszhalom in Hungary. He is buried on his right side, with a polished stone tool...
Lady of Elche: A 2,400-year-old bust of a mysterious ‘highborn’ woman from pre-Roman Spain
QUICK FACTS Name: Lady of Elche What it is: A limestone bust Where it is from: Elche, Spain When it was made: Circa 400 to...
‘It doesn’t lie. So who are you?’: What happens when DNA tests show a woman is not the mother of the child she gave birth to?
DNA is often considered the ultimate indicator of our identity — a foolproof way to determine our origins and how we connect to our parents...
2,500-year-old ‘primitive prosthetic’ found on jaw of mummified Scythian woman who survived complex jaw surgery
Around 2,500 years ago in Siberia, a young woman experienced a serious head injury, underwent surgery to reconstruct her jaw, and received a primitive prosthetic...
Endometriosis care delays force Alberta woman to seek help abroad: ‘Just want my life back’
A young Edmonton woman says the waitlists for treatment of suspected endometriosis are so long in Alberta, she’s been forced to look for care outside...