While modern soldiers may not adopt the testudo formation as the legions of old did, many Roman innovations did lead to ...

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

An ancient chieftain gathered the community and gave them instructions: bury dozens and dozens of weapons as a sacrificial offering. The community complied. Over 1,500 years later, archaeologists ...

Figures are shown complete and not half submerged which is typical of Assyrian art. There is an inscription written in ...

Photos show the dusty metal clothing during excavations. Its intertwined metal loops are clearly visible, but the overall shape of the item is not. The ancient chainmail shirt found in Løsning.

Digging into the chalky orange-brown soil of western Germany, archaeologists exposed the ruins of an ancient Roman military ...

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

The ancient Roman army didn’t seem to be afraid of anything, but they definitely weren’t afraid of heights, as evidenced by the discovery of a 2,000-year-old Roman military camp located 7,000 ...

An Army cavalry scout uses a Nett Warrior End User Device (1st Sgt. Michel Sauret/Army) As technology advances, the gear soldiers use to survive on the battlefield and accomplish their missions ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the ancient remains of an Egyptian army barracks and the artifacts left there, including a still-shiny bronze sword engraved with the name of King Ramses II in ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the ancient remains of an Egyptian army barracks and the artifacts left there, including a still-shiny bronze sword engraved with the name of King Ramses II in ...