Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable Mycenaean boar tusk helmet near Pylos, shedding new light on elite warrior culture ...

About 4600 years ago, the population of Britain was replaced by a people who brought Bell Beaker pottery with them. Now, ...

The ancient Olympic games were crowded with male athletes, but were there opportunities for females to compete in sports?

The near-complete Iron Age carnyx was used to blare eerie sounds in battle and rally troops against the enemy.

From the mystery of the lost city of Atlantis to the tale of Sleeping Beauty, we seek out locations around the world steeped in myths and legends that are sure to capture your imagination.

Zooarchaeologist Stella Nikolova examined dog remains from across Bulgaria’s Iron Age (roughly 5th–1st centuries BC). At Pistiros, she reported that nearly 20% of the examined dog bones had cut marks ...

This selective memory is not unique to Troy. Across history, spectacular collapses dominate how we imagine the past: Rome ...

Publisher Koei Tecmo and developer AAA Games Studio announced Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment has sold over one million units. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment released for the Nintendo ...

In the Middle Ages, a plague killed a third of Europe's population. Fleas carried the plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, transmitting the Black Death from infected rats to millions of people. Another, ...

Long before the Black Death killed millions across Europe in the Middle Ages, an earlier, more elusive version of the plague spread across much of Eurasia. For years, scientists were unsure how the ...