The question of Helen’s involvement in the Trojan War clearly poses difficult questions—and has done so ever since the age of ...

Cathy FitzGerald invites you to discover new details in old masterpieces, using your phone, tablet or computer. This episode – The War of Troy tapestry.

The mythical conflict took place outside the walls of Troy, an ancient city on the coast of Asia Minor. But the seeds of war were sown far from there, in the city of Sparta on the Greek mainland.

Why did the Trojan War last ten years? Is this just a fanciful exaggeration of the Iliad, or is it plausible? Lets examine ...

An Old Soldier remembers the ten-year war at Troy and the events which led up to it: Paris, Helen, Menelaus, Agamemnon, Priam, Achilles, Patroclus, Hector, Cassandra, Odysseus…and the wooden horse.

A gold diadem (left) and a gold sauceboat (right) One of the reasons that Schliemann connected Troy II with the Trojan War was the extraordinary collection of precious artifacts he found buried in ...