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The Day Alexander the Great Visited the Tomb of Achilles

Before battling the mighty Persians, Alexander the Great paid homage at the tomb of the greatest Greek warrior of the Trojan ...
Greek Reporter

African Warriors in the Trojan War: Myth or Reality?

Many suggest that Africans joined the Trojan War under Memnon’s leadership, but what evidence truly backs this claim?
New Atlas

Greek Marines don 3,500-year-old armor to prove it's combat-capable

The new series of studies involved creating functional copies of the Dendra Panoply, as well as helmets and suitable blunted swords and spears, then kitting out 13 Hellenic Marines selected for their ...
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The Secret Greek Soldiers That Terrified the Axis Forces

The Greek Sacred Band was steeped in the epic military history of the ancient hoplite warriors. Established in 1942, the unit ...
National Geographic news

These ancient Greek weapons were quite literally toxic

Whether laced with viper venom, poison gas, or deadly pathogens—these weapons of war relied on nature's armory to slay the enemy. Poison in the woundThe Greek warrior Achilles treats Telephus’s ...
Phys.org

DNA analysis shows Griffin Warrior ruled his Greek homeland

A forensic reconstruction by Lynne Schepartz and Tobias Houlton imagines what the Griffin Warrior might have looked like. Credit: Lynne Schepartz and Tobias Houlton ...
Bay Area Reporter

Greek love in the ranks: The Sacred Band's 300 lover-warriors

An architectural dig on an ancient Greek battlefield, returned to in 1880, unearthed a surprising find: a mass grave of Theban soldiers carefully and deliberately buried in pairs. Make that couples.
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10 Best Greek Battles in Movies, Ranked

Ancient Greece is a pretty common setting for lots of movies centered on ancient warfare. Fortunately, there were quite a lot of conflicts going on at the time that the Ancient Greeks were around, so ...