Athena, a goddess of wisdom and warfare and the patron goddess of Athens, was one of the most popular deities in the Greek ...

Humans have always loved sports—tests of skill, strength, endurance, and mettle—even before history was recorded. Sports ...

Two of the famous clay terracotta warriors in Xi'an, China have suffered damage after a tourist jumped into the restricted ...

One of the greatest logistical challenges faced by ancient Greek armies was ensuring that soldiers had access to adequate ...

This armor wasn't just for show. It could have seen deadly combat during the epic Trojan War.

For insights into the complexities of modern corporate leadership, you might not think to look to ancient Greece ... the choice to a jury of soldiers, who awarded the armor to Odysseus.

Could this ancient armor have been a layered ... which was so robust that it far outperformed bronze in some scenarios. A close-up of Greek soldiers in linothorax armor. Moreover, critics have ...

Ancient Greek body armor, dating back 3,500 years, has been demonstrated to be battle-ready according to a new study where 13 soldiers wore replicas during an 11-hour simulation. The study, published ...

Not so mythical were the cultures that arose around the Aegean throughout the Greek Bronze Age ... which showed soldiers wearing suits of armor. Written in Linear B (an ancient form of writing adapted ...