Weapons
What We Can Learn From Ötzi the Iceman's Hunting Pack
The famed Copper Age mummy's bowstring is the world's oldest known specimen
These Miniature Tools Taught Ancient Children How to Hunt and Fight
A new study describes artifacts from an archaeological site in Oregon that appear to have been scaled down for little hands
The True History Behind the '1917' Movie
A story shared by director Sam Mendes' grandfather, a veteran of the Western Front, inspired the new World War I film
Archaeologists Unearth Celtic Warrior Grave Complete With Chariot, Elaborate Shield
One expert hailed the shield as "the most important British Celtic art object of the millennium"
Bullets That Killed John F. Kennedy Immortalized as Digital Replicas
The originals remain at the National Archives, but new 3-D scans showcase the ballistics in vivid detail
Revolutionary War Rifle Stolen 50 Years Ago Recovered at Barn Sale
The long rifle, made by master gunsmith Johann Christian Oerter, will go on view at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia
Trove of Cannonballs Likely Used by Vlad the Impaler Found in Bulgaria
The primitive projectiles probably date to the Romanian ruler's 1461 through 1462 siege of Zishtova Fortress
In 1945, a Japanese Balloon Bomb Killed Six Americans, Five of Them Children, in Oregon
The military kept the true story of their deaths, the only civilians to die at enemy hands on the U.S. mainland, under wraps
The History of Poisoning the Well
From ancient Mesopotamia to modern-day Iraq, the threat to a region's water supply is the cruelest cut of all
Medieval Sword, Blade Still Sharp, Pulled From Sewer in Denmark
Experts think its owner may have been defeated in battle and dropped the luxurious weapon in the muddy streets
This Bronze Age Regicide May Be World’s Oldest-Known Political Murder
The prince of Helmsdorf’s skeleton revealed three brutal injuries, including one that suggests he knew his killer and attempted to fend off the attack
Relive Medieval London’s Bloody Murders With This New Interactive Death Map
The macabre tool features tales of revenge, thwarted love, infanticide—and a urinal that drove a man to murder
Did a Huge Solar Storm Detonate Deep Sea Mines During the Vietnam War?
Dozens of underwater devices seemed to explode without cause in 1972
How Saddam and ISIS Killed Iraqi Science
Within decades the country’s scientific infrastructure went from world-class to shambles. What happened?
Mister Rogers Pioneered Speaking to Kids About Gun Violence
We need the children's television icon now more than ever
How a British Engineer Made a Bomb That Could Bounce On Water
Seventy-five years ago, Barnes Wallis masterminded a famous World War II attack that involved skipping a bomb into German dams
How Soviet Bomb Tests Paved the Way For U.S. Climate Science
The untold story of a failed Russian geoengineering scheme, panic in the Pentagon, and a Nixon-era effort to study global cooling
How British Gun Manufacturers Changed the Industrial World Lock, Stock and Barrel
In ‘Empire of Guns,’ historian Priya Satia explores the microcosm of firearm manufacturing through an unlikely subject—a Quaker family
How the Death of 6,000 Sheep Spurred the American Debate on Chemical Weapons
The Dugway sheep incident of March 1968 made visible the military’s covert attempts to test and stockpile millions of dollars worth of chemical weapons
How Portraiture Gave Rise to the Glamour of Guns
American portraiture with its visual allure and pictorial storytelling made gun ownership desirable
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