Archaeologists have found four Roman swords and a shafted weapon known as a pilum dating from 1,900 years ago in a cave near the shore of the Dead Sea in Israel. The rare cache of weapons was found in ...

Somewhere between mythology and history lies a space we struggle to define—a space where the past feels too advanced to be ...

Chemical traces on 60,000-year-old stone arrowheads from South Africa suggest ancient hunters used plant poison.

The weapons were well preserved with their iron blades, sheaths and handles still intact — RONALDO SCHEMIDT Israeli archaeologists on Wednesday displayed four Roman-era swords and a javelin discovered ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In ancient times, some Native American groups taught their children how to fight and hunt using ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The ancient weapons include notched ends for the darts of a spear thrower, or atlatl; the ...

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 ...