Myths and legends

A helmet from a chieftain's grave in 10th-century Norway

Inside the Viking mind: the view of the Vikings’ world from 5 perspectives

Edith Hall on the HistoryExtra podcast.

General ancient history

The ‘lost’ city of Atlantis

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

General ancient history

Ancient Babylon: everything you wanted to know

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?

The Green Knight shows his severed – and still talking – head to King Arthur in this illustration of the beginning of the 14th century legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: what’s the story?

King Arthur and a hand holding the sword Excalibur.

The legends of King Arthur: everything you wanted to know

A 16th-century painting of the Tower of Babel

General ancient history

Your guide to... the ancient city of Babylon

King Arthur addresses his knights in a 12th-century Arthurian manuscript now held in Rennes, France. (Photo by: Leemage/UIG via Getty Images)

King Arthur: five men who made up the legendary Dark Ages king

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)

General ancient history

Geoffrey of Monmouth: the lost voice of ancient Britain

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

Explore Tintagel Castle and the legend of King Arthur

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?

An illustration of King Arthur's coronation, from the 13th-century Flores Historiarum

King Arthur: 6 things you need to know about the warrior king and his legend

King Arthur and his knights return to Camelot (Photo by: Christophel Fine Art/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Q&A Where was Camelot?