A rare Corinthian helmet from ancient Greece, made of bronze and dating back to between 500 and 450 BCE, is set to be auctioned in London later this month. The auction house Apollo Art Auctions is ...

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey immediately called out for glaring historical inaccuracy ... Damon is seen wearing a cape, wrist armor, and a traditional Spartan helmet topped with a red plume.

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Sparta’s enemies, when facing the intimidating Spartan forces, would see a wall of shields ...