“For the Classic Maya, in many ways, clothing defined personhood,” says Alyce de Carteret, a fellow in Art of the Ancient Americas at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. “Numerous aspects ...

Although evidence of ancient clothing exists from later, anatomically modern humans — such as the leather outfit of 5,000-year-old Ötzi the Ice Man — no one has found similar evidence at ...

Adam, Caleb and Euan discover an ancient item of clothing. The boys were among a lucky few given unprecedented access to collections after closing time in new series One Night in the Museum.