History has a habit of being rewritten. But thanks to advances in science and technology, we’re gaining an ever-clearer picture of what life may have been like during some of the most crucial periods ...

Greek mythology is full of monsters that heroes rushed to battle. Dragons, giants, spirits, lions, boars, and even death ...

The new series of studies involved creating functional copies of the Dendra Panoply, as well as helmets and suitable blunted swords and spears, then kitting out 13 Hellenic Marines selected for their ...

Many suggest that Africans joined the Trojan War under Memnon’s leadership, but what evidence truly backs this claim?

Ancient Greek historians loved to write about the heroism of their countrymen in battle. Homer, Herodotus and their peers often described the valiant actions of Greek warriors engaged in combat and ...

Using new scientific tools, archaeologists discovered that an ancient Greek leader known today as the Griffin Warrior likely grew up around the seaside city he would one day rule. The findings are ...

The Amazons of Greek mythology, were fierce warrior women dwelling in the lands around and beyond the Black Sea. The greatest Greek heroes proved their valor by overcoming formidable Amazon queens in ...

An architectural dig on an ancient Greek battlefield, returned to in 1880, unearthed a surprising find: a mass grave of Theban soldiers carefully and deliberately buried in pairs. Make that couples.

A forensic reconstruction by Lynne Schepartz and Tobias Houlton imagines what the Griffin Warrior might have looked like. Credit: Lynne Schepartz and Tobias Houlton ...