Jihadist insurgencies there continue to spread as fighters have been quick to adapt to the new threat. They now use ...

Like its nuclear programme, Israel has never admitted to what it considers its deterrence strategy, that it has reportedly ...

Locating a historic shipwreck is only the beginning. One ancient Egyptian vessel may take us literally hundreds of years to ...

From the sleek, deadly triremes to the colossal tessarakonteres, ancient Greek ships inspired modern ship design.

War elephants became one of the most feared weapons of the ancient world early ... The battering ram dates back to Ancient Egypt and was one of the most effective ways to break into a fortified ...

With that in mind, today, we’re looking at ancient weapons well ahead of the curve ... the Persian Empire and other Western Asian powers. War elephants could tote small teams of archers or ...

Check out his tomb. Archaeologists have discovered a mysterious new king of ancient Egypt, buried in a network of tombs at Anubis Mountain. "Discovering king's tombs, new pharaohs, are few and far ...

return to war? Mideast social media is filled with documentation of an Egyptian tank buildup in the Sinai desert near the Israeli border. The Israeli ambassador to Washington, Yechiel Leiter, is ...

Of course, the military manufactures new weapons all of the time ... Mortar System replaced the M2 and M19 mortars used in World War II. The M224 can fire a 60mm mortar at an effective range ...

If the next God of War does end up taking fans to Ancient Egypt, it can't miss the opportunity to give Kratos a khopesh. Ranged weapons aren't usually commonplace in Kratos' arsenal, but a God of ...