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

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

Learn how to make a knife inspired by the ancient Romans using Valerian steel from a car chain in this unique diy project ...

The Antikythera computer captured the ancient Greek passion for mathematics, and especially geometry, and science.

A new study suggests Pompeii may have faced an ancient Greek "machine gun" from the island of Rhodes during Sulla’s Roman ...

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

Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today, a close lightning strike feels like a ...

New research suggests that the Romans may have used an ancient machine gun-like weapon, the polybolos, during the Siege of ...

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 ...

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

Heritage is at the heart of a wine making project in Pompeii that is aiming to re-establish the southern Italian volcanic ...

At an archaeological site in southern Lebanon's Tyre, small signs bearing a blue and white emblem provide a symbolic shield, meant to protect the ancient ruins from bombardment. One of the oldest ...