The Trojan War was celebrated by legendary authors like Homer, who told the tale of the large wooden horse that tricked the soldiers of Troy. In the stories, Paris, the son of a Trojan King, ran away ...

For its 18th annual outdoor theater production, the Getty Villa has reached beyond the surviving canon of ancient Greek and Roman plays. Taking center stage is a forgotten figure from the classical ...

In Will Power’s play for the Classical Theater of Harlem, Eric Berryman stars as an Ethiopian king drawn into the Trojan War. By Laura Collins-Hughes The trappings of royalty don’t always send the ...

Researchers uncovered this fresco of Helen of Troy and Paris in a newly excavated Pompeii dining room. Pompeii Archaeological Park Archaeologists in Pompeii have discovered an ancient dining room ...

A metal detectorist found a haul of artifacts in 2023, and analysis has finally determined that one of the bronze discoveries was a piece of 3,200-year-old armor. Experts in the Czech Republic believe ...

Researchers recruited volunteers from the Hellenic Armed Forces to test the strength of replicas of 3,500-year-old body armor. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Archaeologists have unearthed 3,200-year-old fragments of a warrior's bronze chest armor in southern Moravia near Brno, Czech Republic. It comes from the Late Bronze Age — a time often linked to the ...

The Trojan War was celebrated by legendary authors like Homer, and the supposed end of the war was marked by a trick that lived on through the ages, when the Trojans were duped by a large wooden gift ...