The contraption could fire multiple projectiles without needing either to reload or reengage the firing mechanism; in order ...

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

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

Pompeii's archaeological excavations have primarily centred on the severe eruption of Mount Vesuvius during AD 79; however, ...

Kendall Techau is on his second stint living in Harrison County and has been making wooden bows for over three decades now.

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Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,100-year-old sling bullet in Israel inscribed with a pointed message aimed at enemy forces. The scientists found the bullet in a necropolis area along an ancient road ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) A strange chunk of metal that lay hidden in the soil for thousands of years may ...

This experiment rebuilds two projectile weapons older than the bow and puts them through a difficult test against moving targets. The atlatl delivers real speed and force, while the sling proves far ...

March 17 (Reuters) - A projectile hit an area near Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on Tuesday evening, however it caused ‌no damage or injuries, Iran told the International Atomic Energy Agency.