During the famous Trojan War, the city of Troy was not fighting against the Greeks independently. According to Homer's Iliad, it had numerous allies. Later Greek records also speak of allies of Troy during the Trojan War.
Who were some...
Most discussions about the real history of the ancient city of Troy explain the fact that this city appears in Bronze Age Hittite records. It appears that Troy, or "Wilusa," as those records call it, was closely associated with...
For some time, Ancient Egypt was ruled by a dynasty of Ethiopian kings. According to legend, one of them was so powerful that he conquered Anatolia, across the Mediterranean from Egypt. Could such a conquest have really occurred, and...
We do not normally associate Greek mythology with lands as far away as the Middle East. Nonetheless, ancient Greek records speak of a mysterious king of Assyria named Ninus. Who was he? Did he even really exist? One would...
The first mention of Assyria by ancient Greeks was in the middle of the 7th century BC, although they were not familiar with the exact geographical designation of the country.
What ancient Greeks believed was Assyria was a vague geographical...
A 2,800-year-old engraved stone known as a 'scarab,' depicting a griffin, has been found by a hiker on military leave in Israel's Tabor Stream Nature Reserve. Experts claim it is linked to the ancient Assyrian period of rule in...
Researchers have extracted plant DNA from an ancient clay brick that was once a part of the palace of the Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II.
Following the sequencing of the isolated DNA, specialists have successfully categorized thirty-four plant groups, among them...
