Women warriors appear in myths across the world. Yet historical sources and archaeological finds show the female warrior is ...

If you want to buy a rare 2,500-year-old helmet that belonged to an ancient Greek warrior, this very artifact is heading to the auction block, where it is expected to sell for roughly $111,000.

She married the king of Halicarnassus in 500 BC, just prior to the Ionian Revolt that helped trigger the war between Greece and Persia. Her husband, whose name has been lost to history ...

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Sparta’s enemies, when facing the intimidating Spartan forces, would see a wall of shields ...

Using new scientific tools, University of Cincinnati archaeologists discovered that an ancient Greek leader known today as the Griffin Warrior likely grew up around the seaside city he would one ...

a formidable female warrior from Ancient Greece who uses her powers to help protect and defend the innocent. Xena is accompanied by her sidekick, Gabrielle, on all of her missions. The series ran ...

Inward-looking and self-sufficient, the Spartans were the most feared hoplites (infantrymen) in all Greece. They lived ... a Spartan warrior named Dienekes was told that the Persian archers ...