Does Homer's Iliad really describe the horned helmets of the Mycenaean Era, or was he talking about something else entirely?

Ancient Greek vases have revealed the hidden names of Amazons, mythology's warrior women, in a report deciphering ancient languages unspoken for millennia. In the forthcoming study of pottery ...

Antyllus, a Greek physician in 2nd-century Rome, developed aneurysm surgery methods that remained standard practice until the ...

Hit bronze.” The excavators exploring a small stone shaft on a rocky promontory in southern Greece had found an unusual tomb of an ancient warrior. The burial may hold important clues to the ...

A mentally ill tourist in Xi’an damaged two of China’s iconic terracotta warriors after jumping into a protected excavation pit at the historic site. A domestic tourist damaged two ancient ...

From Viking berserkers to Spartan warriors, many of our ideas about ancient fighters are more myth than fact. Uncover the ...

Back in the days of the Greek physician Hippocrates (460–377 BCE), practitioners recommended various plants, berries, and natural remedies for weight loss. These treatments were intended to ...

As Holiday says: “If Stoicism is making you an asshole, you’re doing it wrong.” Rough number of ancient philosophers associated with Stoicism, beginning around the third century B.C. In ...

Visitors examine a bronze chariot and horse modeled in the Qin Dynasty style during the World of the Terracotta Warriors exhibition ... Qin unified China and the ancient civilizations that ...

The Hellenistic era, associated with the spread of Greek culture and influence ... Bar-Ilan University and the Center for the Study of Ancient Jerusalem, said in a May 21 statement that ...

Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that ...

After reading about this mosaic unearthed in Syria, learn all about the ancient gods of the Greek pantheon. Then, learn about some of the most terrifying deities from mythology around the world.