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Ancient Roman machine gun-like weapon may have damaged Pompeii’s walls during siege
Learn how a Roman polybolos unleashed rapid-fire projectiles during the siege of Pompeii.
Long before Pompeii was covered in ash and pumice during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, the people of the doomed ...
The ancient city of Pompeii is one of those archaeological sites that keeps on giving with one discovery after another. While ...
A new study suggests Pompeii may have faced an ancient Greek "machine gun" from the island of Rhodes during Sulla’s Roman ...
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 ...
Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today, a close lightning strike feels like a ...
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In Lebanon's Tyre, ancient site threatened by Israeli bombs
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 ...
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Archaeologists Find Evidence of a 2,000-Year-Old Advanced Weapon in Pompeii
New research suggests that the Romans may have used an ancient machine gun-like weapon, the polybolos, during the Siege of ...
In 89 BCE, when the residents of Pompeii rebelled against Rome, the Empire pulled no punches in its attempts to quell the ...
Explore 25 ancient artifacts that prove the past was more advanced. Uncover lost technologies like the Antikythera Mechanism ...
The rare copper coin, discovered in Northwich, dates from between the years 50AD and 70AD, and displays the face of the infamous Nero Augustus.
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