Heracleion, a city in Egypt famous for having sunk into the sea, has a fascinating connection to the legend of the Trojan War ...

So, the Trojan War must have taken place sometime in late 12 th century BCE. This date corresponds with modern astronomical confirmation of a solar eclipse in the Odyssey (20.356-357).

Memnon against Achilles, detail of the Trojan War, relief, east frieze of the Siphnian Treasury, 530-525 BC, from Delphi, Greece. Ancient Greek civilization, 6th century BC.

A centuries-old mystery may have been unraveled after researchers, supported by 13 Hellenic Marines, demonstrated that a unique 3,500-year-old suit of Greek armor could have been used for combat ...

Love, hate, war and destruction, spoken through the Iliad, were examined as what Emily Wilson called “the patterns of human behavior” that Homer’s epic brings to life.