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 ...

Amy Madigan's win for Weapons marks the first time since Ruth Gordon in Rosemary’s Baby that a Best Supporting Actress winner came from a horror film.

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

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

People in North America adopted the bow and arrow as replacement weapons for the dart and atlatl about 1,400 years ago, ...

Archaeologists uncovered a 2,000-year-old temple in Denmark at Hedegård, revealing insights into a mysterious Iron Age power center with luxury goods and Roman connections.

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

In the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, thunder and lightning strikes were the prime weapon of Zeus (the king of the gods, known to the Romans as Jupiter). Reminders of his power and wrath via ...

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

The Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) has called upon the US Ambassador to Israel to officially condemn the killing of Father ...

Christian communities are opposing Lebanon’s involvement in the conflict while weighing whether Hezbollah’s weakening could ...