The Trojan War was celebrated by legendary authors like Homer, who told the tale of the large wooden horse that tricked the ...

The story is perhaps most famous for the scene where the wooden horse is used by the Greeks to sneak into the city and ...

Ongoing excavations at the presumed ruins of Troy in Turkey, however, are uncovering new evidence that could prove that the ...

Archaeologists at ancient Troy uncover 3,500-year-old sling stones, offering new clues to the legendary Trojan War.

Homer first wrote of the Trojan war in The Iliad, a story filled with enduring characters: Helen, Paris, Achilles, Hector and Odysseus, to name but a few. Author Barry Strauss revisits the classic ...

Now, recent excavations have uncovered a grand banquet hall with frescoes of mythological subjects from the Trojan War. The paintings include Helen of Troy; Paris, the Prince of Troy; and their ...

Cinema: THE TROJAN WAR. 3 minute read. ... Paris himself was the young spark that fell into this tinder box. His rape of Helen, Queen of Sparta, whom he carried off to Troy in a fast galley, ...