A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

A collection of 6,500-year-old wooden dart tips found deep within a Texas cave were likely, at one point in their usage, ...

It is unlikely that armies have fared any better throughout history without proper sanitation and waste management. Consider, ...

Archaeologists often spend long amounts of time at a dig site, only to dig up garbage such as bottle caps and soda cans, or ...

While the initial investment in a Matsato knife may exceed that of basic kitchen cutlery, its extraordinary durability and edge retention deliver superior long-term value. Rather than replacing ...

Archaeological records indicate that prehistoric people in Europe relied on fire throughout the Ice Age—but the evidence ...

The site dates back to the Celtic period over 2,300 years ago, archaeologists said, but while the graves remain, the bodies ...

How can these discoveries be reconciled with the widespread view that the post-Temple remnant of Jews in the Holy Land was ...

Where: The Gladiator School is at Via Appia Antica 18, just outside of Rome's historic centre, and can be difficult to locate ...

Radiocarbon dating suggests the spear-thrower is older than the foreshafts for the darts, but Schroeder thinks that may be because older wood was used to make it — a common issue with ancient ...

The 6,500-year-old weapons, found in a cave near Marfa, could be among the oldest near-complete set of wood and stone hunting ... on the complex ways in which ancient humans hunted for their ...

Vindobona was the ancient Roman military camp and settlement ... strong teeth did not save them from injuries sustained by daggers, spears, swords, projectiles, and other sorts of weapons, which ...