A rare ceremonial wheel from the Iron Age has been unexpectedly discovered during the construction of a golf course in ...

Did the Greeks really use chariots how Homer describes in his account of the Trojan War, or did Homer just misrepresent ...

Hundreds of scholars seek out astronomy data, such as information on eclipses, from old manuscripts to date the war at ...

The tale of Salmoneus, the king who dared to imitate Zeus, reveals ancient fears of hubris, madness, and divine punishment.

The capital of West Germany from 1949 until 1990, when Germany was divided in two, things to do in Bonn include discovering ...

While the central burial mound of Emperor Qin Shi Huang remains sealed, the surrounding discoveries continue to redefine what ...

This painted penguin pot is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. It was made about 1,600 years ago and was collected in Peru in the late 19th century. The multicolored ceramic vessel is ...

Recent excavations carried out at the Pyla-Kokkinokremos archaeological site have revealed new details on the architectural organisation, material culture and everyday life in the Late Bronze Age ...

An analysis of the provenance of the Matarrubilla stone, a large megalith at Valencina in Spain, indicates that the ...

Good horses range in price from $3,000 to $15,000 with the chariot costing about $1,500. Add in travel expenses, and chariot racing becomes a major undertaking for any family.