The history of warfare has typically been depicted as the result of the combined efforts of accomplished generals and ...
Long before Pompeii was covered in ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, the people of the doomed city were confronting a threat of a very different kind.
March, a fire tore through a compartment of the United States’ largest and most powerful aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R.
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 ...
Minos mixed Greek mythology and classic tower defense to create an inventive roguelike that rewards spatial reasoning.
In 89 BCE, Rome dispatched forces under the command of general Lucius Cornelius Sulla to lay siege to the city. It was one of ...
Ancient Roman forces may have used the polybolos to quell a rebellion at Pompeii in 89 B.C.E. The unique weapon was likely ...
LONG before Pompeii’s residents were killed by molten rock blasting from Mount Vesuvius they faced another fast-moving threat ...
The French model just turned 25 on Sunday but has managed to achieve so much in that time, having grown up on runways and ...
Ancient Athens was sacked four times, starting with the Persian invasion in 480 BC and ending with the Visigoth destruction in 396 AD ...
A new documentary explores how the Nobel-winning scientist who discovered neurons in 1888 had a decisive impact on giant ...
Xenophon's ancient Greek army's encounter with hallucinogenic honey left them incapacitated, highlighting an unusual moment ...