A forgotten rival of Ancient Rome has recently come into the spotlight for its impressive water basin, a testament to ...

Seventy years ago, archaeologists working on the site of Dura-Europos found the bodies of 20 Roman soldiers. They were lying Seventy years ago, archaeologists working on the site of Dura-Europos found ...

A city besieged by the Romans over 2,000 years ago after its inhabitants rebelled against the empire was destroyed so completely that it remained uninhabited for nearly two centuries, archaeologists ...

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Syrian government troops who have besieged dozens of rebel-held communities are moving toward their biggest target yet – the opposition-controlled neighborhoods of the city of ...

Defining battles of the ancient world were fought through siege warfare; the battle of Troy, the battle of Syracuse, and the fall of Rome.

The catapult was an ancient siege machine that could hurl heavy objects or shoot arrows with great force and for considerable distances. Some catapults could throw stones weighing as much as 350 ...