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History professors and warfare experts rate the realism of "300," "Braveheart," "House of the Dragon," and other media.
Arab Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate defeated the Sasanian Empire of ancient Persia ... In the future, they hope to map out the battlefield in detail.
The afterlife was a battle ... map of the underworld. An inscription on two wooden panels was recovered by archaeologists, which was a mix of hieroglyphs and symbols, known to the Ancient ...
Dr Jaafar al Jotheri holds satellite images and explores the site of the Battle of al-Qadisiyah ... while undertaking a remote sensing survey to map the Darb Zubaydah, a pilgrimage route from ...
Historian Roel Konijnendijk reviews ancient warfare scenes and battle tactics in movies and TV shows. He looks at the naval battle and gladiator fights depicted in "Gladiator II," starring Paul ...
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 ...
Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is today. It was made up of lots of smaller states.
The map highlights the city of Palmyra in central Syria, as well as the ancient city of Apamea, and the city of Aleppo in the northwest. But up close, the damage from Syria’s 13-year civil war ...