An ancient Egyptian woman thought to have been pregnant and dying of cancer was actually just embalmed with a technique that mimicked these diagnoses, researchers have concluded, settling a four-year ...

A new study debunks the long-held mystery that an ancient Egyptian mummy, known as the "Mysterious Lady," was pregnant or had ...

But among the book's revelations, which begin the history lesson in 400 BCE, is how the objections to abortion have changed ...

A recent study has ended a four-year-long mystery over an ancient Egyptian mummy once believed to be a pregnant woman who died from cancer. The findings reveal that neither pregnancy nor cancer were ...

An ancient Egyptian woman thought to have been pregnant and dying of cancer was actually just embalmed with a technique that mimicked these diagnoses, researchers have concluded, settling a four ...

Abortion was accepted in ancient Rome and Greece ... of the pregnancy would involve risk to the life of the pregnant woman, or of injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman ...

Hygiene and ritual marked every moment of life for pregnant Aztec women. The tlamatlquiticitl—midwife—offered those in her charge a remarkable 16th-century birthing plan, combining practical ...