A few dozen enthusiasts of ancient hunting tools participated in the Northeast Open Atlatl Championship in Addison, Vermont ...

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 peer ...

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 ...

Elite members of ancient Egypt, including the pharaoh himself, likely wielded ornate daggers, swords and axes in battle, or to personally execute prisoners, rather than using the shiny metal for ...

Before the era of the Romans in southern Italy, the Messapii people crossed the Adriatic Sea and called the Italian peninsula home. They built a culture that lasted for nearly 800 years, but it was no ...

Sometime between 6,500 and 7,000 years ago, an Indigenous hunter scrambled into a cave on what is today a private ranch between Alpine and Marfa. He carried with him a hunting kit containing weapons ...

Excavations in a southern Italy town revealed ancient fortified walls that fell to a Roman siege. CNR ISPC (Archaeological Mapping Laboratory) Before the era of the Romans in southern Italy, the ...