Ancient Greek polybolos machine gun is one of the most fascinating warfare inventions in antiquity, shooting and reloading multiple bolts.

History has a strange habit of forgetting its own brilliance. Civilizations rose, fell, and took entire libraries of ...

Often, when we think about antiquity and ancient military technologies, we fall into the usual view of ancient warfare. You ...

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

In the azure waters off the coast of Antikythera, Greece, a chance discovery in the early 20th century transformed our understanding of ancient technology. A sponge diver, exploring the remnants of a ...

Ancient Greeks often inscribed messages on the objects they shot at their adversaries—in this case, doing so with a warning.

Modern historians tend to underestimate the role of technical ingenuity in achieving these dazzling ancient artworks ...

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 ...

George Mason University economist Mark Koyama draws parallels between the ancient Roman world and the world of nearly a millennium later. He portrays Rome as a market economy recognizable to Adam ...