Arms technology is one of the driving forces behind warfare. While there was a period where most of humanity was on an even playing field, the history of warfare is one defined by technological ...

Recently uncovered damage to walls in Pompeii displays patterns that may have been made by an ancient “machine gun” called a ...

Since the birth of humanity people have fought each other. Over time the ancient weapons have been replaced by more ...

History remembers the broad strokes of ancient warfare. We’ll never forget things like gunpowder, the phalanx, and war ...

Ancient Greek literature and history from Andromache to Achilles reveal how compassion and mercy shape war and human dignity.

A team of underwater archaeologists recovered four well-preserved medieval spears from the bottom of a Polish lake that has already provided a bounty of ancient weapons. Of the newly discovered spears ...

A recent archaeological excavation in northwest China has uncovered a 3,000-year-old burial site containing deliberately broken bronze weapons, offering a remarkable glimpse into ancient attitudes ...

In 89 B.C.E., Pompeii was under siege. An invading army of tens of thousands of soldiers led by Lucius Cornelius Sulla, an ...