The rich legacy of ancient Greek sport beyond the Olympics, with a focus on Athens' Great Panathenaea—an equally grand ...

Archaeologist Julia Wihlborg suggested that the sword and shield of the Hårby Valkyrie may represent a woman who had manly ...

The Samnites were Italic tribes that migrated from Central Europe to the mountainous south-central region of Italy in the 9th century BC.

The Spartans raised their children to be tough and stoic servants of the state. Boys were sent to train as soldiers from a ...

Burials of at least 27 people across 26 graves were found, researchers said, and were arranged on the edge of the known ...

Ancient Warriors is a 1994 20-part documentary series from the Discovery Channel. Each half-hour episode looks at a major fighting people or force and charts the reasons for their rise to ...

including five heraldic shields, forming an unprecedented corpus for understanding this sacred site as a point of convergence of cultures, faiths, and personal trajectories in the Middle Ages. Why did ...

[Remains of the 4th century BC Kyrenia ship](Image: CC/Mgiganteus1) Caption: The remarkably preserved Kyrenia ship offers a glimpse into ancient trade. Unlike tales of sunken treasure laden with gold ...

The ubiquity in which women were involved in the Urartu’s wars has led the study’s researchers to hypothesize that the women warriors of the kingdom may have inspired the Amazons depicted in ancient ...

After a century-long wait, an excavation has finally revealed the only ancient theatre on Greece's Ionian Islands. Ancient Lefkada’s theatre was first discovered in 1901, but it took until now ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, carved into ...

Armed with spear and shield, Hoplites weren’t professional soldiers - they were citizens ready to defend their homeland at a moment’s notice. Hong Kong actor Nicholas Tse sells premium ...