According to legend, the Trojans migrated to Britain after the fall of Troy. A new book investigates the historicity of this legend.

The expansion of Ancient Greeks into Assyria between the 9th and the 7th centuries BC occurred through mercenary warfare and ...

Tombs scattered across China, built between the 4,000-year old Xia Dynasty and the modern era, reflect the political and ...

Throughout the history of warfare, certain moments have changed the way nations conduct themselves in conflicts. It might see ...

Iraqi officials are sounding the alarm to save monuments of the cradle of civilisation, with thousands of years of history at ...

Skulls displayed in public 2,000 years ago were intended as a warning to enemies and a celebration of comrades, a new paper ...

A History, by telling off professional historians – and laments the “cultural confusion” of our present moment.

One of the earliest figures known to have faked an illness for personal advantage was Odysseus. Odysseus was the hero of ...

During the fifth century BC, Athens was a city-state to be reckoned with. Together with Sparta, it was one of the two great powers of Classical Greece. When in 431 bc the Peloponnesian War broke out, ...

Egypt is inaugurating the Grand Egyptian Museum, the world's largest museum dedicated to its ancient civilization.