In this episode of Kings and Generals' animated series on ancient civilizations, we explore the fascinating journey of the chariot—how it rose to dominate battlefields from the Sumerians to the ...

The fortress stood undisturbed for two millennia.

An army of 100,000 to 200,000 is a huge army compared to how European/Mediterranean armies were sized at the time. Probably bigger than any army put together in one spot by the Greeks or Romans. The ...

The buried roots and stumps of an ancient forest in southern China are the charred remains of an ancient war and the burning of a capital city, according to a recent study from researchers who ...

Echetlus was an ancient Greek phantom warrior who fought in the Battle of Marathon and helped defeat the Persians but then disappeared.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The two-wheel chariot was also a two-crew chariot: a driver handling the reins, and an archer unleashing a volley of arrows. Its speed and ...