Part of a growing assemblage of ancient weapons found in unassuming places, the swords were part of standard-issue weaponry for Roman soldiers stationed in the Judea region during the Roman period.

These rare weapons, dating back to the 13th or 14th ... a metal detectorist discovered a hoard of 1,469 ancient Roman silver coins, dating back to the Roman Imperial Period. The coins, featuring ...

Ancient snail shells helped archeologists re-evaluate the age of the oldest known wooden weapons collection: a site in Lower Saxony, Germany, famous for its arsenal of hunting equipment, including ...

For weeks, archeologist Petra Loenne and her team have been searching this area with metal detectors, pulling hundreds of ancient Roman weapons out of the ground. They paint a picture of a highly ...

After an earthquake damaged a city hall in Croatia, renovation work on the building’s basement unearthed the ruins an ancient Roman theater. Photo from Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and Media ...