Hoplite infantrymen were the military ideal of ancient Greece and were recruited from ... With an eight-foot long spear, a short sword, and a bronze-covered shield, the total weight of their ...

The head of a griffin, that was repatriated from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, is displayed at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia in Ancient Olympia, Greece, on Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP ...