The paintings themselves depicted a myriad of figures from Greek mythology, including the renowned Helen of Troy, amid themes of destiny, heroism, and human agency, particularly within the context ...

Discovered within what has been called a "spectacular dining room" with unusual black walls, these frescoes provide an ...

Bettany Hughes is an historian, broadcaster, and author of Helen ... oil to make their hair and clothes and skin shine, that they mixed druggy brews of opiates in their palace homes, that Troy ...