“Until the invention of the bow and arrow, these ancient dart-throwing weapons were the pinnacle of projectile weaponry and their proper use was key to survival,” the researchers said in a ...

Throwing something, even a simple spear or stone ... around the mid-14th century — marks a dividing line between the development of ancient and modern weapons. Made first from bamboo as early as the ...

Matthias Vogel In 1994 an incredible set of spears and other weapons were found on the site of Schoningen in Germany. These ...

The ancient throwing device was the "biggest step forward" for humanity, said Jerry Nevins, president of the Missouri Atlatl Association. Nevins and two other Jefferson Citians participated in a ...

The most feared weapons of the ancient world didn’t necessarily break ... adapted the weapon to become part of their kit for sieges. Throwing a spear is a pretty common method of fighting ...

You may like 6,500-year-old hunting weapons ... Photos: Ancient Arrows from Reindeer Hunters Found in Norway Predating the bow and arrow, the atlatl was a dart-throwing weapon that could launch ...

Some of the tools contained in the hunting kit include four dart nock ends that fit against an ancient spear-throwing device ... Devin Pettigrew, a weapons expert and CBBS assistant professor ...

used by the mysterious covert agents of feudal Japan as throwing weapons. “I’d always been on the hunt for ninja weapons from the Sengoku period or “era of warring states” (1467 to 1615 ...

Remarkably, ancient myths about the creation of biological weapons recognized the dilemmas ... First flamethrowerThe Boeotians mounted a flame-throwing contraption onto a chariot and wheeled ...

Artifacts found in Japan may be ninja weapons, including several that look like they were the forerunner to the well-known throwing star, have been found at several sites, including two castles ...