Modern military volunteers donned replicas of ancient Greek armour and engaged in exercises inspired by Homer’s epic poem The ...
Bulky bronze armour sported by Brad Pitt as Achilles ... the soldiers were also asked to eat an ancient Greek diet, consisting of dry bread, honey, goat’s cheese, olives, meat and red wine.
An ancient warrior whose previously broken jaw was mended with gold thread was recently unearthed in Greece; recent ...
The objects were unearthed in a temple complex within a fortress city that was founded in the seventh century B.C.
Little remains of the ancient city of Sparta ... world in the 400s B.C. In previous centuries Greek warriors had worn very thick, heavy armor, much of which, by the classical period, had been ...
Archaeologists in Kapitan Petko voyvoda unearthed the 1,900-year-old burial of a Thracian horseman with gold, weapons and armor ... They’d unearthed an ancient warrior’s grave — one still ...
July 10, 2024 — Ancient DNA from bones and teeth hints ... May 22, 2024 — A 3,500-year-old suit of Mycenaean armour may have been used in battle -- and not just for ceremonial purposes as ...
The painted surface of an ancient Greek vase depicts a ... Patroclus took to leading the Greek warriors wearing Achilles' armor, before he was challenged by Hector who delivered his fatal blows.