Calling all history buffs! Add this underrated town near Naples to your bucket list to see ancient Greek ruins in an ...

Throughout history, sieges have been a testament to the resilience, strategy, and endurance of both attackers and defenders.

Despite his folly, when it comes to misreading the ruins of ancient Troy, Schliemann stands in excellent company. Beginning in the 7th century B.C.E., Troy became an ancient tourist site ...

The many settlement layers of Troy stacked on top of each other It has been very difficult to view the ruins of the first Trojan settlement because they lie buried beneath almost 45 feet of debris ...

Therefore we cannot accurately speak of Troy as one single city. Instead, the ruins of Troy actually comprise as many as nine different settlements stacked on top of one another, dating from 3000 ...

Homer's Ancient Greek Poem Iliad has inspired a small village in Turkey to install busts of the Trojan war heroes on their ...

The first person to emerge from the ruins of Troy is Hecuba, who until a day ago had been the wife of King Priam and she was the great Queen of Troy. Several of the other surviving Trojan women ...

As we walked through the ruins of Troy the following morning, I heard a group of visitors snidely remark about the lack of "character" in the ruins as well as the wooden horse with windows ...

Dedicated to the place made famous by Homer’s Iliad, the Troy Museum—situated amid the city’s ruins—brings an ancient legend to life. Among the collections are 24 pieces of “Troy Gold ...

Rare, centuries-old Roman paintings were uncovered in the ruins of Pompeii ... The paintings depicted the Helen of Troy among other Greek figures. The work showcased themes of heroism through ...