Discover the story of the weightlifter-turned-archaeologist who filled the British Museum with Egyptian artefacts! Illustration of the removal of the colossal bust of Rameses II, taken from Plates illustrative of the researches and operations in Egypt and Nubia (1820). Image via Wikimedia Commons. DISCOVER 300 years ago, wealthy collectors began pouring out of western Europe toward Greece, Egypt, Italy, and the Near East, hoping to take stolen artefacts back to their private homes. Want an...

Known as the swift-footed, the godlike, the lionhearted, the breaker of armies, and the shepherd of people, join us to find out about the...

Discover one of the most ancient forms of armour, supposedly used by the ancient Greeks in the time of the Trojan War! When we think of...