Discover the truth! We debunk 25 common myths about ancient civilizations, from pyramid builders to Cleopatra's heritage. Separate fact from fiction and ex ...

Some people see this commandment as simply referring to murder, but others take it literally and see it as condemning the killing of all people, including in war and capital punishment. Although wars ...

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 revolt, launching a full-scale siege of the ill-fated city. Led by Lucius ...

Here’s one story about how England began. By the late 4th century AD, Roman Britain was in serious decline. Its legions had been denuded by successive usurpers and pretenders, who kept taking the ...

Christian communities are opposing Lebanon’s involvement in the conflict while weighing whether Hezbollah’s weakening could ...

The history of warfare stretches back thousands of years. One of the earliest recorded conflicts took place around 2700 B.C., ...

Before World War II, the Nazis sought an ancient Roman manuscript to prove the existence of a superior race linked to Atlantis.

In March 2003, Jack Nicholson, who had recently received his 12th Oscar nomination for “About Schmidt,” invited his fellow ...

The most feared weapons of the ancient world didn’t necessarily break the mold when it came to battlefield innovation. In ...

One of the great things about computer games is that anything is possible – except women who fight, apparently.

Tradition holds that the soldier who pierced Christ’s side at the Crucifixion came to believe in him and is honored today as St. Longinus, whose monumental statue stands in St. Peter’s Basilica.