Learn how a Roman polybolos unleashed rapid-fire projectiles during the siege of Pompeii.

Archaeologists uncover an ancient Roman house in Saepinum, Italy, with advanced water technology, rare artifacts, and ...

Roman bridges have stood for thousands of years, but just how much weight could they really تحمل? Discover the engineering ...

Long before Pompeii was covered in ash and pumice during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, the people of the doomed ...

The ancient city of Pompeii is one of those archaeological sites that keeps on giving with one discovery after another. While ...

Before Pompeii was engulfed in volcanic ash, its walls may have been battered by an ancient "machine gun" while the city was under siege. A study has uncovered compelling evidence that Roman forces ...

Archaeologists discover a 2,000-year-old Roman bridge beneath the Spanish city of Zaragoza, revealing advanced urban planning ...

Discover Belisarius, the military genius who reconquered Rome, Africa, and Italy for the Byzantine Empire with a tiny elite force of horse archers.

Clear signs of damage caused by a weapon considered an ancestor of the machine gun, dating back to the siege of the city by Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla, have been found in the ...

This week, among a lot of other important findings, we learned that emperor cichlid fish have gaze sensitivity and dislike it ...

Modern AI techniques can bridge the gap between historical and computational studies of games - Getty ImagesFor the first ...

For the first time, an international research team has harnessed artificial intelligence (AI) to decode the rules of an ancient board game, pioneering ...