Myths and legends

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From Thor to Odin, Carolyne Larrington discusses the legendary figures of Viking mythology. (Image by Getty Images)

A guide to the Norse gods . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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origins of the werewolf legend in stories from ancient Greece and Rome. (Image by Getty Images)

Werewolves of the ancient world . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vahalla is depicted as a round-topped building in this funerary stone from 8th-century Sweden

Valhalla: fighting and feasting in the Viking warrior afterlife

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A helmet from a chieftain's grave in 10th-century Norway. (Images by Getty)

Inside the Viking mind: the view of the Vikings’ world from 5 perspectives . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Edith Hall on the HistoryExtra podcast.

The ‘lost’ city of Atlantis . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Zainab Bahrani on the HistoryExtra podcast. (Image by Getty Images)

Ancient Babylon: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Trojan Horse – seen in the 2004 film Troy

How much of the legend of Troy is real?

King Arthur triumphs over the Saxons at the battle of Mount Badon

How much of the story of King Arthur is true?

The Knights of the Round Table are that the heart of many Arthurian legends

Who were the Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, and where does the Holy Grail fit in?

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King Arthur and a hand holding the sword Excalibur.

The legends of King Arthur: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 16th-century painting of the Tower of Babel

General ancient history

Your guide to... the ancient city of Babylon

An 18th-century marble relief depicting Julius Caesar invading Britain by John Deare, a British neo-classical sculptor. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Geoffrey of Monmouth: the lost voice of ancient Britain

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An aerial view of Tintagel Castle, Cornwall. (Photo by David Goddard/Getty Images)

Explore Tintagel Castle and the legend of King Arthur . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration depicting King Arthur fighting the Saxons, from the Rochefoucauld Grail. The absence of a clear and present origin for King Arthur has created a ‘void’ which many are keen to fill, says Miles Russell. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

The real King Arthur: why are we so obsessed with trying to solve the mystery?

The front facade of the prehistoric chambered tomb of Wayland's Smithy

Blog Medieval(ish) matters #6: Viking military mind games, Anglo-Saxon mind maps, and embroidery before the Bayeux Tapestry