Around 1200 BC, in at least one key Philistine city there was an influx of south European genes, suggesting a surge of Greek immigrants to the region, says Michal Feldman at the Max Planck ...

1200 BC. The most beautiful woman in the world, Helen, is abducted by Paris of Troy. A Greek fleet of more than a thousand ships sets off in pursuit. After a long war, heroes like Achilles lead ...

Researchers have discovered 10 shipwrecks, including one estimated to be more than 5,000 years old, off the coast of Greece ... oldest one dating back to 3000 BC. The ships sank during different ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Bronze Age collapse, the term used to describe what many perceive as sudden, chaotic change around 1200 BC, mainly in the eastern Mediterranean. Show more ...

Members of the public have the chance to scuba dive to the wreck of an ancient ship that sank in the 5th century BC. Greece opened its first underwater museum on Saturday, giving members of the ...