Researchers at the ancient city of Hippos have unearthed a unique lead sling bullet. The bullet itself isn’t so special, but ...

Ancient Greeks often inscribed messages on the objects they shot at their adversaries—in this case, doing so with a warning.

Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Hippos are accustomed to unearthing traces of weapons and projectiles. Located in what’s now the Golan Heights, the city overlooking the Sea of Galilee ...

“Sling bullets were a cheap munition, a hand-thrown projectile, used for millennia,” archaeologist and study co-author ...

This 2,100-year-old lead projectile found in the Golan Heights is inscribed with an ominous warning translated as, "Learn you ...