Spotting a rare foreigner in the southern Syrian city of Nawa, Khalil approaches with a business proposal: bring him a “very ...

Their enemies portrayed them as barbarians, but their artifacts tell a different story. Between their weapons, jewelry, and ...

Sure, you’d expect the best Roman games to feature a great deal of military might, after all war is what forged the Imperium ...

The artifact, found off the coast of Italy, is believed to depict a larger-than-life male torso, archaeologists said.

Greek geometry wasn’t just math—it was an attempt to decode the universe. Its logic still powers rockets, bridges, and every ...

As resources vanished and defeat loomed, the Axis powers turned to crude, hastily made weapons. These weren’t built to ...

Before the era of the Romans in southern Italy, the Messapii people crossed the Adriatic Sea and called the Italian peninsula ...

A collection of ancient Roman coins amassed by a former Latin teacher from Connecticut was sold at auction for over $1 million this week. Carol Ross' interest in ancient Roman currency and history led ...

Researchers excavating the site of a future nuclear project in the United Kingdom, Sizewell C, discovered hundreds of ...

The most feared weapons of the ancient world didn’t necessarily break the mold when it came to battlefield innovation. In some cases, these were perfectly in line with the weapons used by other ...

With that in mind, today, we’re looking at ancient weapons well ahead of the curve. Siege Towers ©"Middle Ages - Assault from the Siege Tower" by History Maps is licensed under PDM 1.0.