Helen was "the face that launched a thousand ships" — the Spartan queen, seduced by the son of a Trojan king, leaving her husband to send Greek sailors and soldiers to retrieve her, and kicking off an ...

The battle between Penthesilea and Achilles during the Trojan War. Ancient historians were very concerned with establishing the date when the Trojan War happened. (Marie-Lan-Nguyen/Wikimedia Commons) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Trojan War was celebrated by legendary authors like Homer, who told the tale of the large wooden horse that tricked the ...

A “rare” mosaic depicting scenes of the Trojan War has been uncovered in Syria, archeologists said Wednesday. The mosaic, believed to be 1,300-square-feet, is considered the most important ...

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 ...

Archaeologists in France uncovered fragments of a 2nd-century CE life-size mural of Greek hero Achilles in a Roman home near ...

Over the past decade, modern retellings of myths have exploded in popularity, becoming a staple of both young adult and adult fiction. Jennifer Saint, author of a well-received retelling of the myth ...

For years, a humble scrap of folded sheet metal discovered in the Czechia’s Moravia region stumped archaeologists. Now, new analysis has shed light on its surprising origins, revealing it as a ...